retordre

French

Etymology

From Latin retorquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tɔʁdʁ/

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Verb

retordre

1. (transitive, intransitive) retwist; to twist again

Conjugation

Conjugation of retordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retordre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retordant /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retordu /ʁə.tɔʁ.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/	retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/	retord /ʁə.tɔʁ/	retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/	retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.de/	retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/
	imperfect	retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/	retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/	retordait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/	retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/	retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/	retordaient /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/	retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/	retordit /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/	retordîmes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dim/	retordîtes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dit/	retordirent /ʁə.tɔʁ.diʁ/
	future	retordrai /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/	retordras /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/	retordra /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/	retordrons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/	retordrez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/	retordront /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/	retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/	retordrait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/	retordrions /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/	retordriez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.je/	retordraient /ʁə.tɔʁ.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	retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/	retordes /ʁə.tɔʁd/	retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/	retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/	retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/	retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/
	imperfect2	retordisse /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/	retordisses /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/	retordît /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/	retordissions /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/	retordissiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sje/	retordissent /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/	—	retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/	retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.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

• du fil à retordre

Further reading

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