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inverse

opposite, reverse, switch around

ɛ̃ . v ɛ ʁ s
invers to reverse, to turn around + e present or subjunctive form for je/il/elle; tu command
adjective Rare #43,225
opposite, reverse
FR: J'ai pris la direction inverse.
EN: I took the opposite direction.

On a suivi le sens inverse des routes.

We followed the roads in the opposite direction.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Nous avons le problème inverse.

We have the opposite problem.

L'objectif de ce lieu est peut-être inverse.

Perhaps the purpose of this place is the opposite.

— La Plateforme (2019)

Même si tes intentions sont bonnes, elles risquent d'avoir un effet inverse.

Even if your intentions are good, they could backfire.

— Retour vers le futur (1985)

Ses remarques ont eu l'effet inverse.

His remarks had the opposite effect.

Celui qui est parti dans la direction inverse ?

The one who went in the opposite direction?

— Histoires de fantômes chinois (1987)

verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #49,710
reverse, switch around
FR: Inverse les deux chiffres.
EN: Reverse the two numbers.
Conjugation of inverser
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First inverse —
Third inverse —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First inverse —
Third inverse —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second inverse —

Inverse.

Reverse.

— L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)

J'inverse le truc.

I’m reversing it.

— Bullet Train (2022)

N'inverse pas les rôles.

Don’t turn the tables.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Un mécanisme inverse tout.

A mechanism that reverses everything.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

Sounds similar to

averse a . v ɛ ʁ s