tordre

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcere, from Latin torquēre, present active infinitive of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔʁdʁ/ X-SAMPA: /tORdR/

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Verb

tordre

1. to twist
2. to wring
3. to bend

Conjugation

• This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.

   Conjugation of tordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tordre			avoir tordu
gerund		en tordant			en ayant tordu
present participle		tordant
past participle		tordu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tords	tords	tord	tordons	tordez	tordent
	imperfect	tordais	tordais	tordait	tordions	tordiez	tordaient
	past historic1	tordis	tordis	tordit	tordîmes	tordîtes	tordirent
	future	tordrai	tordras	tordra	tordrons	tordrez	tordront
	conditional	tordrais	tordrais	tordrait	tordrions	tordriez	tordraient
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	torde	tordes	torde	tordions	tordiez	tordent
	imperfect1	tordisse	tordisses	tordît	tordissions	tordissiez	tordissent
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	–
		—	tords	—	tordons	tordez	—
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