bouleverser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bul.vɛʁ.se/
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Verb
bouleverser
- to completely and drastically change, to overturn
- to shake, to cause a strong emotion
- to disorganize, to turn upside down
Conjugation
Conjugation of bouleverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bouleverser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bouleversant /bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bouleversé /bul.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverses /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleversons /bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bouleversez /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
bouleversent /bul.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | bouleversais /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversais /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversait /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
bouleversions /bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversiez /bul.vɛʁ.sje/ |
bouleversaient /bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bouleversai /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
bouleversas /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversa /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversâmes /bul.vɛʁ.sam/ |
bouleversâtes /bul.vɛʁ.sat/ |
bouleversèrent /bul.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | bouleverserai /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
bouleverseras /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bouleversera /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
bouleverserons /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouleverserez /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
bouleverseront /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bouleverserais /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserais /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserait /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
bouleverserions /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bouleverseriez /bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
bouleverseraient /bul.vɛʁ.sə.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 | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverses /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
bouleversions /bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversiez /bul.vɛʁ.sje/ |
bouleversent /bul.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | bouleversasse /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ |
bouleversasses /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ |
bouleversât /bul.vɛʁ.sa/ |
bouleversassions /bul.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
bouleversassiez /bul.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
bouleversassent /bul.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bouleverse /bul.vɛʁs/ |
— | bouleversons /bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
bouleversez /bul.vɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “bouleverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.