marquer
French
Etymology
marque + -er, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.ke/
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Verb
marquer
- (transitive) to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)
- Marquer le papier.
- To mark [down] the paper.
- (transitive) to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)
- Marquer la page dans le livre
- Mark a page in a book.
- (transitive) to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark)
- Marquer la peau avec du fer chaud.
- To mark/brand one's skin with hot iron.
- (transitive) to mark (to feature as a highlight of something)
- Ce projet va marquer l'avenir de la firme.
- This project will mark the company's future.
- (transitive, sports) to score (e.g. a point or a goal)
- Vous devez marquer trois buts si vous voulez gagner.
- You must score three goals if you want to win.
Conjugation
Conjugation of marquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | marquant /maʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marqué /maʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | marque /maʁk/ | marques /maʁk/ | marque /maʁk/ | marquons /maʁ.kɔ̃/ | marquez /maʁ.ke/ | marquent /maʁk/ |
| imperfect | marquais /maʁ.kɛ/ | marquais /maʁ.kɛ/ | marquait /maʁ.kɛ/ | marquions /maʁ.kjɔ̃/ | marquiez /maʁ.kje/ | marquaient /maʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | marquai /maʁ.ke/ | marquas /maʁ.ka/ | marqua /maʁ.ka/ | marquâmes /maʁ.kam/ | marquâtes /maʁ.kat/ | marquèrent /maʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | marquerai /maʁ.kə.ʁe/ | marqueras /maʁ.kə.ʁa/ | marquera /maʁ.kə.ʁa/ | marquerons /maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | marquerez /maʁ.kə.ʁe/ | marqueront /maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marquerais /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | marquerais /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | marquerait /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | marquerions /maʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | marqueriez /maʁ.kə.ʁje/ | marqueraient /maʁ.kə.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 | marque /maʁk/ | marques /maʁk/ | marque /maʁk/ | marquions /maʁ.kjɔ̃/ | marquiez /maʁ.kje/ | marquent /maʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | marquasse /maʁ.kas/ | marquasses /maʁ.kas/ | marquât /maʁ.ka/ | marquassions /maʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | marquassiez /maʁ.ka.sje/ | marquassent /maʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marque /maʁk/ | — | marquons /maʁ.kɔ̃/ | marquez /maʁ.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
- marqué au coin du bon sens
- marquer au fer rouge
- marquer d'une pierre blanche
- marquer le coup
- marquer le pas
- marquer les esprits
- marquer un point
- marqueur
Further reading
- “marquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.