pivoter

English

Etymology

From pivot +‎ -er.

Noun

pivoter (plural pivoters)

1. One who or that which pivots, especially a muscle.

Anagrams

• overtip, repivot, tip over

French

Etymology

From pivot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.vɔ.te/

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Verb

pivoter

1. (intransitive) to pivot, swivel, revolve
2. (intransitive) to turn on one's heel

Conjugation

Conjugation of pivoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pivoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pivotant /pi.vɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pivoté /pi.vɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pivote /pi.vɔt/	pivotes /pi.vɔt/	pivote /pi.vɔt/	pivotons /pi.vɔ.tɔ̃/	pivotez /pi.vɔ.te/	pivotent /pi.vɔt/
	imperfect	pivotais /pi.vɔ.tɛ/	pivotais /pi.vɔ.tɛ/	pivotait /pi.vɔ.tɛ/	pivotions /pi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/	pivotiez /pi.vɔ.tje/	pivotaient /pi.vɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	pivotai /pi.vɔ.te/	pivotas /pi.vɔ.ta/	pivota /pi.vɔ.ta/	pivotâmes /pi.vɔ.tam/	pivotâtes /pi.vɔ.tat/	pivotèrent /pi.vɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	pivoterai /pi.vɔ.tʁe/	pivoteras /pi.vɔ.tʁa/	pivotera /pi.vɔ.tʁa/	pivoterons /pi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/	pivoterez /pi.vɔ.tʁe/	pivoteront /pi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pivoterais /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/	pivoterais /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/	pivoterait /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/	pivoterions /pi.vɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	pivoteriez /pi.vɔ.tə.ʁje/	pivoteraient /pi.vɔ.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	pivote /pi.vɔt/	pivotes /pi.vɔt/	pivote /pi.vɔt/	pivotions /pi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/	pivotiez /pi.vɔ.tje/	pivotent /pi.vɔt/
	imperfect2	pivotasse /pi.vɔ.tas/	pivotasses /pi.vɔ.tas/	pivotât /pi.vɔ.ta/	pivotassions /pi.vɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	pivotassiez /pi.vɔ.ta.sje/	pivotassent /pi.vɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pivote /pi.vɔt/	—	pivotons /pi.vɔ.tɔ̃/	pivotez /pi.vɔ.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).

Further reading

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