invoquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invoco, invocare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
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Verb
invoquer
- to invoke
- to call upon (God)
Conjugation
Conjugation of invoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | invoquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | invoquant /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | invoqué /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | invoque /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoques /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoque /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoquons /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | invoquez /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/ | invoquent /ɛ̃.vɔk/ |
imperfect | invoquais /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | invoquais /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | invoquait /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | invoquions /ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | invoquiez /ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/ | invoquaient /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | invoquai /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/ | invoquas /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ | invoqua /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ | invoquâmes /ɛ̃.vɔ.kam/ | invoquâtes /ɛ̃.vɔ.kat/ | invoquèrent /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
future | invoquerai /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ | invoqueras /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ | invoquera /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ | invoquerons /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | invoquerez /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ | invoqueront /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | invoquerais /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | invoquerais /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | invoquerait /ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | invoquerions /ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | invoqueriez /ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ | invoqueraient /ɛ̃.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 | invoque /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoques /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoque /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | invoquions /ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | invoquiez /ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/ | invoquent /ɛ̃.vɔk/ |
imperfect2 | invoquasse /ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/ | invoquasses /ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/ | invoquât /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ | invoquassions /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | invoquassiez /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sje/ | invoquassent /ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | invoque /ɛ̃.vɔk/ | — | invoquons /ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | invoquez /ɛ̃.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
- invocation
- convoquer
- évoquer
- révoquer
Further reading
- “invoquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.