pirouetter

English

Etymology

From pirouette +‎ -er.

Noun

pirouetter (plural pirouetters)

1. One who pirouettes.

French

Etymology

From pirouette +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ ~ /pi.ʁwe.te/

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Verb

pirouetter

1. (intransitive) to pirouette
2. (intransitive) to pivot

Conjugation

Conjugation of pirouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pirouetter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pirouettant /pi.ʁwɛ.tɑ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pirouetté /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouettes /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouettons /pi.ʁwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɔ̃/	pirouettez /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/	pirouettent /pi.ʁwɛt/
	imperfect	pirouettais /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/	pirouettais /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/	pirouettait /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/	pirouettions /pi.ʁwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tjɔ̃/	pirouettiez /pi.ʁwɛ.tje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tje/	pirouettaient /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/
	past historic2	pirouettai /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/	pirouettas /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/	pirouetta /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/	pirouettâmes /pi.ʁwɛ.tam/ or /pi.ʁwe.tam/	pirouettâtes /pi.ʁwɛ.tat/ or /pi.ʁwe.tat/	pirouettèrent /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛʁ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛʁ/
	future	pirouetterai /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁe/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁe/	pirouetteras /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁa/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁa/	pirouettera /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁa/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁa/	pirouetterons /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɔ̃/	pirouetterez /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁe/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁe/	pirouetteront /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pirouetterais /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/	pirouetterais /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/	pirouetterait /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/	pirouetterions /pi.ʁwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	pirouetteriez /pi.ʁwɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tə.ʁje/	pirouetteraient /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/
(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	pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouettes /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/	pirouettions /pi.ʁwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tjɔ̃/	pirouettiez /pi.ʁwɛ.tje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tje/	pirouettent /pi.ʁwɛt/
	imperfect2	pirouettasse /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/	pirouettasses /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/	pirouettât /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/	pirouettassions /pi.ʁwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta.sjɔ̃/	pirouettassiez /pi.ʁwɛ.ta.sje/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta.sje/	pirouettassent /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/	—	pirouettons /pi.ʁwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɔ̃/	pirouettez /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/	—
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).

Descendants

• → Dutch: pirouetteren
• → German: pirouettieren

Further reading

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