étirez

Étirez is the second-person plural imperative form of the French verb étirer, meaning to stretch or extend. It is used as a command addressed to a group, common in fitness classes, physical therapy, and instructional contexts: examples include “Étirez-vous lentement” or “Étirez les bras.” The form étirez instructs multiple people to perform the action.

Beyond its primary sense of physical stretching, étirer covers related ideas such as elongating or extending something, including distances, objects, or time. You can encounter phrases like “étirer une corde,” “étirer la distance,” or “étirer le temps.” In culinary or craft contexts, étirer can also mean to roll out or stretch a material, for instance “étirer la pâte” in baking.

Conjugation and usage notes: étirer is a regular -er verb. In the present tense, the forms are j’étire, tu étire, il étire, nous étirons, vous étirez, ils étirent. The imperative forms are étire (tu), étirons (nous), étirez (vous). The reflexive form is s’étirer, with imperatives such as Étire-toi (informal singular), Étire-vous (formal/plural). The noun étirement or the plural étirements denotes the act or result of stretching.

See also: étirements, the noun referring to stretches or exercises; étiré, the past participle; étendre, a related verb meaning to extend.