niquer
French
Alternative forms
- n*quer (censored)
Etymology 1
From faire la nique, nique + -er (verb suffix).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ni.ke/
Verb
niquer (intransitive)
- (obsolete, dice games) to obtain what was announced on the first throw
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic نيك (nīk), imperfect stem of ناك (nāk), from Arabic ناكَ (nāka). This is the accepted etymology; a theoretically possible derivation from unrelated Dutch neuken is unlikely both on phonetic grounds and because the vulgar use of this word was originally restricted to the more northern dialects of Dutch.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ni.ke/
France (Toulouse): (file) France (Lyon): (file) France (Vosges): (file)
Verb
niquer
- (slang, vulgar) to fuck, shag, screw
- J'ai envie de la niquer. ― I want to fuck her.
- (slang) to deceive
- Il m'a bien niqué, avec ses belles promesses. ― He really had me with all his promises.
- (slang) to break, destroy
- Il a niqué mon smartphone. ― He fucked up my smartphone.
- (slang) to steal
- (slang) to beat, hit
Conjugation
Conjugation of niquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | niquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | niquant /ni.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | niqué /ni.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nique /nik/ | niques /nik/ | nique /nik/ | niquons /ni.kɔ̃/ | niquez /ni.ke/ | niquent /nik/ |
| imperfect | niquais /ni.kɛ/ | niquais /ni.kɛ/ | niquait /ni.kɛ/ | niquions /ni.kjɔ̃/ | niquiez /ni.kje/ | niquaient /ni.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | niquai /ni.ke/ | niquas /ni.ka/ | niqua /ni.ka/ | niquâmes /ni.kam/ | niquâtes /ni.kat/ | niquèrent /ni.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | niquerai /ni.kʁe/ | niqueras /ni.kʁa/ | niquera /ni.kʁa/ | niquerons /ni.kʁɔ̃/ | niquerez /ni.kʁe/ | niqueront /ni.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | niquerais /ni.kʁɛ/ | niquerais /ni.kʁɛ/ | niquerait /ni.kʁɛ/ | niquerions /ni.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | niqueriez /ni.kə.ʁje/ | niqueraient /ni.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 | nique /nik/ | niques /nik/ | nique /nik/ | niquions /ni.kjɔ̃/ | niquiez /ni.kje/ | niquent /nik/ |
| imperfect2 | niquasse /ni.kas/ | niquasses /ni.kas/ | niquât /ni.ka/ | niquassions /ni.ka.sjɔ̃/ | niquassiez /ni.ka.sje/ | niquassent /ni.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nique /nik/ | — | niquons /ni.kɔ̃/ | niquez /ni.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
(to fuck, shag, screw):
- baiser
- défoncer
- doeser
- faire l'amour
- forniquer
- fourrer
- foutre
- limer
- mettre
- piner
- poutrer
- prendre
- sauter
- tringler
- troncher
(to deceive):
- avoir
- baiser
- duper
- enculer
- entourlouper
- rouler
- entuber
(to steal):
- chourrer
- chourraver
- carotter
- chaparder
- dérober
- subtiliser
- taxer
- tirer
- arrêter
- attraper
- choper
- prendre
- faucher
- piquer
(to break):
- abîmer
- casser
- détruire
- esquinter
- foutre en l'air
- péter
(to beat, hit):
- casser la gueule
- filer une râclée
- filer une rouste
- flanquer une rouste
- flanquer une râclée
Derived terms
- ken
- aller se faire niquer
- niquer le burnous (North Africa)
- niquer sa mère
- nique sa mère
- niquer sa race (France)
- niqueur
- niqué
Further reading
- “niquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- quiner
- requin