virer
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *virō, probably from Latin vibrō (in which case it is a doublet of vibrer) or possibly from an alteration of gȳrō. Compare Italian virare, Spanish virar. Or, possibly from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
virer
- (intransitive) to bear, veer (change direction slightly)
- Virer à gauche. ― Bear left.
- (intransitive) to turn into, become
- La situation va virer au drame. ― The situation is going to turn into a drama.
- (transitive, banking) to transfer (money, from one account to another)
- (transitive, colloquial) to get rid of, fire, shitcan
- Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. ― You could get yourself fired for that.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of virer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | virer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | virant /vi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | viré /vi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vire /viʁ/ |
vires /viʁ/ |
vire /viʁ/ |
virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
virez /vi.ʁe/ |
virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect | virais /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virais /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virait /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viriez /vi.ʁje/ |
viraient /vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | virai /vi.ʁe/ |
viras /vi.ʁa/ |
vira /vi.ʁa/ |
virâmes /vi.ʁam/ |
virâtes /vi.ʁat/ |
virèrent /vi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | virerai /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
vireras /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
virera /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
virerons /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
virerez /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
vireront /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerait /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerions /vi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vireriez /vi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
vireraient /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | vire /viʁ/ |
vires /viʁ/ |
vire /viʁ/ |
virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viriez /vi.ʁje/ |
virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | virasse /vi.ʁas/ |
virasses /vi.ʁas/ |
virât /vi.ʁa/ |
virassions /vi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
virassiez /vi.ʁa.sje/ |
virassent /vi.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vire /viʁ/ |
— | virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
virez /vi.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “virer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).