Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pirouette
Participle: pirouetted
Gerund: pirouetting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pirouette |
| you | pirouette |
| he;she;it | pirouettes |
| we | pirouette |
| you | pirouette |
| they | pirouette |
Perfect
| I | have pirouetted |
| you | have pirouetted |
| he;she;it | has pirouetted |
| we | have pirouetted |
| you | have pirouetted |
| they | have pirouetted |
Past
| I | pirouetted |
| you | pirouetted |
| he;she;it | pirouetted |
| we | pirouetted |
| you | pirouetted |
| they | pirouetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had pirouetted |
| you | had pirouetted |
| he;she;it | had pirouetted |
| we | had pirouetted |
| you | had pirouetted |
| they | had pirouetted |
Future
| I | will pirouette |
| you | will pirouette |
| he;she;it | will pirouette |
| we | will pirouette |
| you | will pirouette |
| they | will pirouette |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pirouetted |
| you | will have pirouetted |
| he;she;it | will have pirouetted |
| we | will have pirouetted |
| you | will have pirouetted |
| they | will have pirouetted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pirouette |
| you | pirouette |
| he;she;it | pirouette |
| we | pirouette |
| you | pirouette |
| they | pirouette |
Perfect
| I | have pirouetted |
| you | have pirouetted |
| he;she;it | have pirouetted |
| we | have pirouetted |
| you | have pirouetted |
| they | have pirouetted |
Imperfect
| I | pirouetted |
| you | pirouetted |
| he;she;it | pirouetted |
| we | pirouetted |
| you | pirouetted |
| they | pirouetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had pirouetted |
| you | had pirouetted |
| he;she;it | had pirouetted |
| we | had pirouetted |
| you | had pirouetted |
| they | had pirouetted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pirouette |
| you | would pirouette |
| he;she;it | would pirouette |
| we | would pirouette |
| you | would pirouette |
| they | would pirouette |
Perfect
| I | would have pirouetted |
| you | would have pirouetted |
| he;she;it | would have pirouetted |
| we | would have pirouetted |
| you | would have pirouetted |
| they | would have pirouetted |
Imperative
| you | pirouette |
| we | Let's pirouette |
| you | pirouette |
Verbs conjugated like 'pirouette'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pirouette'
pipette,
roulette,
silhouette,
barrette,
cigarette,
circulate,
coquette,
curette,
curvette,
garotte,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French pirouette, see there for more; attested since 1706.
Sample Sentences
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The way in which they dance; the height to which they spring; the impossible and inhuman extent to which they pirouette; […]. [1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:]
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At last they paused, and a beautiful young woman sprang out of the ranks and began to pirouette in front of us with a grace and vigour which would have put most ballet girls to shame. [1885 September, H[enry] Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], published 1887, →OCLC:]
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I came down like a sack of coals. The pulse was rapid, the blood pressure high, and for awhile the Blue Room pirouetted about me like an adagio dancer. [1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]