virer
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ʁe/
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Verb
virer
- (intransitive) to bear, to veer (to change direction slightly)
- Virer à gauche. - Bear left
- (intransitive) to turn into, to 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, to fire, to shitcan
Conjugation
Conjugation of virer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | virer | avoir viré | |||||
| gerund | en virant | en ayant viré | |||||
| present participle | virant /vi.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | viré /vi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | 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 | vire /viʁ/ |
vires /viʁ/ |
vire /viʁ/ |
virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viriez /vi.ʁje/ |
virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect1 | virasse /vi.ʁas/ |
virasses /vi.ʁas/ |
virât /vi.ʁa/ |
virassions /vi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
virassiez /vi.ʁa.sje/ |
virassent /vi.ʁas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | vire /viʁ/ |
— | virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
virez /vi.ʁe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “virer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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