convoquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convocō, convocāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/
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Verb
convoquer
- to convene, convoke (invite together)
- to summon, call (call up), invite
- (law) to summon; to summons
- 2020 July 24, “Acquitté après avoir bloqué un radar mobile à Remich… avec sa voiture”, in Le Quotidien:
- Parce qu’il s’était garé le 11 avril 2019 devant un radar mobile sur la N2 à Remich après s’être fait flasher, un jeune homme de 34 ans était convoqué devant le tribunal correctionnel.
- Because he parked in front of a speed camera on the N2 in Remich on April 11, 2019 after being flashed, a 34 year old man was summonsed to court.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of convoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | convoquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | convoquant /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | convoqué /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoques /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoquons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | convoquez /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/ | convoquent /kɔ̃.vɔk/ |
| imperfect | convoquais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | convoquais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | convoquait /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | convoquions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | convoquiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kje/ | convoquaient /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | convoquai /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/ | convoquas /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/ | convoqua /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/ | convoquâmes /kɔ̃.vɔ.kam/ | convoquâtes /kɔ̃.vɔ.kat/ | convoquèrent /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | convoquerai /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ | convoqueras /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ | convoquera /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ | convoquerons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | convoquerez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ | convoqueront /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | convoquerais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | convoquerais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | convoquerait /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | convoquerions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | convoqueriez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ | convoqueraient /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoques /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | convoquions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | convoquiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kje/ | convoquent /kɔ̃.vɔk/ |
| imperfect2 | convoquasse /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/ | convoquasses /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/ | convoquât /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/ | convoquassions /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | convoquassiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sje/ | convoquassent /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/ | — | convoquons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | convoquez /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- convocation
Further reading
- “convoquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.