invert

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
2. To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
3. To undergo inversion, as sugar.
4. To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
5. To turn (the foot) inwards.

Noun

1. An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
2. The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
3. The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
4. An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
5. A skateboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
6. (obsolete) A homosexual, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.

Adj

Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.

Noun

An invertebrate.

Concepts

renverser

inverser

invertir

retourner

intervertir

inverti

tête en bas

annuler

invertie

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Synonymes

reverse

turn upside down

overturn

turn over

turn

upset

turn inside out

turn back

homosexual

transpose

homo

turn upside-down

revolve

rotate

faggot

fagot

inverted arch

nancy boy

inversion

poof

tip over

fairy

🧚

topple

queen

👸

queer

raver

capsize

flip

turn round

fag

gay

nancy

revoke

send back

shuffle

sodomite

subvert

tip

transit

tumble

tumbling

turnabout

turn around

turning over

twist

upend

upturn

whirl

fall prostrate

change direction

rolling over

backrun

contrarotation

back run

inflected arch

arch invert

back turn

over-the-top action

translate

becue

blend

bring about

buck

change

compile

contrary

conversion

derange

divert

evert

fall down

flip over

incline

interpret

inverted

keel

keel over

mingle

mix

opposite

overbalance

overrule

overthrow

pansy

poofter

relay

render

resend

return

reversal

revive

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɜːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French invertir.