masquer
English
Etymology
masque + -er
Noun
masquer (plural masquers)
- One who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
Anagrams
- marques
French
Etymology
masque + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
masquer
- to mask; to hide
Conjugation
Conjugation of masquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | masquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | masquant /mas.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | masqué /mas.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | masque /mask/ | masques /mask/ | masque /mask/ | masquons /mas.kɔ̃/ | masquez /mas.ke/ | masquent /mask/ |
imperfect | masquais /mas.kɛ/ | masquais /mas.kɛ/ | masquait /mas.kɛ/ | masquions /mas.kjɔ̃/ | masquiez /mas.kje/ | masquaient /mas.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | masquai /mas.ke/ | masquas /mas.ka/ | masqua /mas.ka/ | masquâmes /mas.kam/ | masquâtes /mas.kat/ | masquèrent /mas.kɛʁ/ | |
future | masquerai /mas.kə.ʁe/ | masqueras /mas.kə.ʁa/ | masquera /mas.kə.ʁa/ | masquerons /mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | masquerez /mas.kə.ʁe/ | masqueront /mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | masquerais /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ | masquerais /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ | masquerait /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ | masquerions /mas.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | masqueriez /mas.kə.ʁje/ | masqueraient /mas.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 | masque /mask/ | masques /mask/ | masque /mask/ | masquions /mas.kjɔ̃/ | masquiez /mas.kje/ | masquent /mask/ |
imperfect2 | masquasse /mas.kas/ | masquasses /mas.kas/ | masquât /mas.ka/ | masquassions /mas.ka.sjɔ̃/ | masquassiez /mas.ka.sje/ | masquassent /mas.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | masque /mask/ | — | masquons /mas.kɔ̃/ | masquez /mas.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
- masque
Further reading
- “masquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- marques