tirer

French

Etymology

From Middle French tirer (“to draw, draw a sword”), from Old French tirer (“to draw, pull out with great effort, snatch violently, tear away”), from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (tiran, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (distairan, “to tear apart”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (gatairan, “to tear down, remove”), German zerren (“to tug”). Related to tear.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ti.ʁe/, X-SAMPA: /ti.Re/

Verb

tirer

1. to draw, drag, pull
2. to shoot
3. to draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tirer			avoir tiré
gerund		en tirant			en ayant tiré
present participle		tirant
past participle		tiré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tire	tires	tire	tirons	tirez	tirent
	imperfect	tirais	tirais	tirait	tirions	tiriez	tiraient
	past historic1	tirai	tiras	tira	tirâmes	tirâtes	tirèrent
	future	tirerai	tireras	tirera	tirerons	tirerez	tireront
	conditional	tirerais	tirerais	tirerait	tirerions	tireriez	tireraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	tire	tires	tire	tirions	tiriez	tirent
	imperfect1	tirasse	tirasses	tirât	tirassions	tirassiez	tirassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tire	—	tirons	tirez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• tir
• tir à l'arc
• tire-bouchon
• tirage
• tireur
• tirer son épingle du jeu

Anagrams

• trier

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Gallo

Etymology

Verb

tirer

1. (transitive, agriculture) to milk (cows)

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• tyrer

Verb

tirer

1. to pull

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tirer

		simple			compound
infinitive		tirer			avoir tiré
gerund		en tirant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		tirant
past participle		tiré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	tire	tires	tire	tirons	tirez	tirent
	imperfect	tirois, tiroys	tirois, tiroys	tiroit, tiroyt	tirions, tiryons	tiriez, tiryez	tiroient, tiroyent
	past historic	tira	tiras	tira	tirasmes	tirastes	tirerent
	future	tirerai, tireray	tireras	tirera	tirerons	tirerez	tireront
	conditional	tirerois, tireroys	tirerois, tireroys	tireroit, tireroyt	tirerions, tireryons	tireriez, tireryez	tireroient, tireroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	tire	tires	tire	tirons	tirez	tirent
	imperfect	tirasse	tirasses	tirast	tirassions	tirassiez	tirassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tire	—	tirons	tirez	—