conquérir
See also: conquerir
French
Etymology
From Old French conquerre (under the influence of quérir), from Latin conquaerere, from conquirere, present active infinitive of conquirō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ/
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Verb
conquérir
- (transitive) to conquer, to capture
- (transitive) to win, to win over
Conjugation
Conjugation of conquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conquérir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conquérant /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conquis /kɔ̃.ki/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conquiers /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquiers /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquiert /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquérons /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | conquérez /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ | conquièrent /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | conquérais /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquérais /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquérait /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquérions /kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ | conquériez /kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ | conquéraient /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conquis /kɔ̃.ki/ | conquis /kɔ̃.ki/ | conquit /kɔ̃.ki/ | conquîmes /kɔ̃.kim/ | conquîtes /kɔ̃.kit/ | conquirent /kɔ̃.kiʁ/ | |
| future | conquerrai /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ | conquerras /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁa/ | conquerra /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁa/ | conquerrons /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | conquerrez /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ | conquerront /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conquerrais /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquerrais /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquerrait /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | conquerrions /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ | conquerriez /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ | conquerraient /kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conquière /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquières /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquière /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | conquérions /kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ | conquériez /kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ | conquièrent /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | conquisse /kɔ̃.kis/ | conquisses /kɔ̃.kis/ | conquît /kɔ̃.ki/ | conquissions /kɔ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ | conquissiez /kɔ̃.ki.sje/ | conquissent /kɔ̃.kis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conquiers /kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ | — | conquérons /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | conquérez /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- vaincre
- surmonter
- capturer, prendre
Derived terms
- conquête (n.): conquest
- conquérant/-ante (n.): conqueror
Further reading
- “conquérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.