indiquer
French
Etymology
From Latin indicare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ke/
indiquer (file)
Verb
indiquer
- to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning)
- to show, indicate
- to prescribe
- to point to, to point out
Conjugation
Conjugation of indiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | indiquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | indiquant /ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | indiqué /ɛ̃.di.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | indique /ɛ̃.dik/ | indiques /ɛ̃.dik/ | indique /ɛ̃.dik/ | indiquons /ɛ̃.di.kɔ̃/ | indiquez /ɛ̃.di.ke/ | indiquent /ɛ̃.dik/ |
| imperfect | indiquais /ɛ̃.di.kɛ/ | indiquais /ɛ̃.di.kɛ/ | indiquait /ɛ̃.di.kɛ/ | indiquions /ɛ̃.di.kjɔ̃/ | indiquiez /ɛ̃.di.kje/ | indiquaient /ɛ̃.di.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | indiquai /ɛ̃.di.ke/ | indiquas /ɛ̃.di.ka/ | indiqua /ɛ̃.di.ka/ | indiquâmes /ɛ̃.di.kam/ | indiquâtes /ɛ̃.di.kat/ | indiquèrent /ɛ̃.di.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | indiquerai /ɛ̃.di.kʁe/ | indiqueras /ɛ̃.di.kʁa/ | indiquera /ɛ̃.di.kʁa/ | indiquerons /ɛ̃.di.kʁɔ̃/ | indiquerez /ɛ̃.di.kʁe/ | indiqueront /ɛ̃.di.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | indiquerais /ɛ̃.di.kʁɛ/ | indiquerais /ɛ̃.di.kʁɛ/ | indiquerait /ɛ̃.di.kʁɛ/ | indiquerions /ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | indiqueriez /ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁje/ | indiqueraient /ɛ̃.di.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 | indique /ɛ̃.dik/ | indiques /ɛ̃.dik/ | indique /ɛ̃.dik/ | indiquions /ɛ̃.di.kjɔ̃/ | indiquiez /ɛ̃.di.kje/ | indiquent /ɛ̃.dik/ |
| imperfect2 | indiquasse /ɛ̃.di.kas/ | indiquasses /ɛ̃.di.kas/ | indiquât /ɛ̃.di.ka/ | indiquassions /ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/ | indiquassiez /ɛ̃.di.ka.sje/ | indiquassent /ɛ̃.di.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | indique /ɛ̃.dik/ | — | indiquons /ɛ̃.di.kɔ̃/ | indiquez /ɛ̃.di.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- indicateur
Related terms
- indicatif
- indication
Further reading
- “indiquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.