renverser
Pronunciation: /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/
“renverser” is a French word. Its 12 meanings in English:
verb
- to turn over, turn upside down
- to knock over, knock to the ground
- to run over
- to spill (e.g. a liquid)
- to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence)
- to switch over, switch
- to reverse, turn around (a situation)
- to overthrow, bring down
- to knock back, agitate
- to lean back
- to lay back, lie down
- to reverse (flow in the opposite direction)
In French
- Mettre à l’envers; fr.
- Mettre sens dessus dessous.
- Détruire, troubler l’état, l’ordre des choses politiques ou morales.
- Mettre à bas, faire tomber une personne, une chose.
- Causer un trouble extrême, fr.
- Transposer, réaliser une inversion.
- Se mettre, se coucher sur le dos.
- Se pencher fortement en arrière.
- S’écrouler.
- Vomir.
Etymology
From re- + Old French enverser, the latter from Latin inversāre.
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More French words
- renversable
- renversant
- renversement
- renversement du vagin
- renverser la marmite
- renverser la table
- renverser la vapeur
- renverseur
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