virer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (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”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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virer

  1. (intransitive) to bear, veer (change direction slightly)
    Virer à gauche. ― Bear left.
  2. (intransitive) to turn into, become
    La situation va virer au drame. ― The situation is going to turn into a drama.
  3. (transitive, banking) to transfer (money, from one account to another)
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to get rid of, fire, shitcan
    Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. ― You could get yourself fired for that.

Conjugation

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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, on 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 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

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Descendants

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  • → English: veer

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