torsader

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ.sa.de/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: torsadai, torsadé, torsadée, torsadées, torsadés, torsadez

Verb

torsader

1. to twist

   Synonym: tordre

Conjugation

Conjugation of torsader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	torsader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	torsadant /tɔʁ.sa.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		torsadé /tɔʁ.sa.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	torsade /tɔʁ.sad/	torsades /tɔʁ.sad/	torsade /tɔʁ.sad/	torsadons /tɔʁ.sa.dɔ̃/	torsadez /tɔʁ.sa.de/	torsadent /tɔʁ.sad/
	imperfect	torsadais /tɔʁ.sa.dɛ/	torsadais /tɔʁ.sa.dɛ/	torsadait /tɔʁ.sa.dɛ/	torsadions /tɔʁ.sa.djɔ̃/	torsadiez /tɔʁ.sa.dje/	torsadaient /tɔʁ.sa.dɛ/
	past historic2	torsadai /tɔʁ.sa.de/	torsadas /tɔʁ.sa.da/	torsada /tɔʁ.sa.da/	torsadâmes /tɔʁ.sa.dam/	torsadâtes /tɔʁ.sa.dat/	torsadèrent /tɔʁ.sa.dɛʁ/
	future	torsaderai /tɔʁ.sa.dʁe/	torsaderas /tɔʁ.sa.dʁa/	torsadera /tɔʁ.sa.dʁa/	torsaderons /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɔ̃/	torsaderez /tɔʁ.sa.dʁe/	torsaderont /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	torsaderais /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɛ/	torsaderais /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɛ/	torsaderait /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɛ/	torsaderions /tɔʁ.sa.də.ʁjɔ̃/	torsaderiez /tɔʁ.sa.də.ʁje/	torsaderaient /tɔʁ.sa.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	torsade /tɔʁ.sad/	torsades /tɔʁ.sad/	torsade /tɔʁ.sad/	torsadions /tɔʁ.sa.djɔ̃/	torsadiez /tɔʁ.sa.dje/	torsadent /tɔʁ.sad/
	imperfect2	torsadasse /tɔʁ.sa.das/	torsadasses /tɔʁ.sa.das/	torsadât /tɔʁ.sa.da/	torsadassions /tɔʁ.sa.da.sjɔ̃/	torsadassiez /tɔʁ.sa.da.sje/	torsadassent /tɔʁ.sa.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	torsade /tɔʁ.sad/	—	torsadons /tɔʁ.sa.dɔ̃/	torsadez /tɔʁ.sa.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• paire torsadée

Related terms

• torsade

Further reading

• “torsader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.