renverser
French, verb/ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/
renverser is spelled R-E-N-V-E-R-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renverser is a French verb meaning “to turn over, turn upside down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre à l’envers ; inverser”.
What does renverser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn over, turn upside down
renverser le mélange
- 2
to knock over, knock to the ground
renverser une statue
- 3
to run over
renverser un homme
- 4
to spill (e.g. a liquid)
- 5
to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence)
- 6
to switch over, switch
- 7
to reverse, turn around (a situation)
- 8
to overthrow, bring down
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre à l’envers ; inverser. 2. Être à l’envers de la position normale, en parlant d’un organe. 3. Mettre sens dessus dessous. 4. Détruire, troubler l’état, l’ordre des choses politiques ou morales.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of renverser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- renversant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- renversé participle past
- renverse first-person indicative present
- renverses indicative present second-person
- renversons first-person indicative plural
- renversez indicative plural present
- renversent indicative plural present
- renversais first-person imperfect indicative
- renversait imperfect indicative singular
- renversions first-person imperfect indicative
- renversiez imperfect indicative plural
- renversaient imperfect indicative plural
- renversai first-person historic indicative
- renversas historic indicative past
- renversa historic indicative past
- renversâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renverser?
- /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/
- \ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se\
- [ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to renverser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is renverser in French?
renverser appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).