obliquer
English
Adjective
obliquer
- comparative form of oblique: more oblique
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
obliquer
- (intransitive) to bear, bear off
- obliquer à gauche ― bear left
- (intransitive) to look away (from someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of obliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | obliquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | obliquant /ɔ.bli.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | obliqué /ɔ.bli.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | oblique /ɔ.blik/ | obliques /ɔ.blik/ | oblique /ɔ.blik/ | obliquons /ɔ.bli.kɔ̃/ | obliquez /ɔ.bli.ke/ | obliquent /ɔ.blik/ |
| imperfect | obliquais /ɔ.bli.kɛ/ | obliquais /ɔ.bli.kɛ/ | obliquait /ɔ.bli.kɛ/ | obliquions /ɔ.bli.kjɔ̃/ | obliquiez /ɔ.bli.kje/ | obliquaient /ɔ.bli.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | obliquai /ɔ.bli.ke/ | obliquas /ɔ.bli.ka/ | obliqua /ɔ.bli.ka/ | obliquâmes /ɔ.bli.kam/ | obliquâtes /ɔ.bli.kat/ | obliquèrent /ɔ.bli.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | obliquerai /ɔ.bli.kʁe/ | obliqueras /ɔ.bli.kʁa/ | obliquera /ɔ.bli.kʁa/ | obliquerons /ɔ.bli.kʁɔ̃/ | obliquerez /ɔ.bli.kʁe/ | obliqueront /ɔ.bli.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | obliquerais /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/ | obliquerais /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/ | obliquerait /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/ | obliquerions /ɔ.bli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | obliqueriez /ɔ.bli.kə.ʁje/ | obliqueraient /ɔ.bli.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 | oblique /ɔ.blik/ | obliques /ɔ.blik/ | oblique /ɔ.blik/ | obliquions /ɔ.bli.kjɔ̃/ | obliquiez /ɔ.bli.kje/ | obliquent /ɔ.blik/ |
| imperfect2 | obliquasse /ɔ.bli.kas/ | obliquasses /ɔ.bli.kas/ | obliquât /ɔ.bli.ka/ | obliquassions /ɔ.bli.ka.sjɔ̃/ | obliquassiez /ɔ.bli.ka.sje/ | obliquassent /ɔ.bli.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oblique /ɔ.blik/ | — | obliquons /ɔ.bli.kɔ̃/ | obliquez /ɔ.bli.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “obliquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
oblīquer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of oblīquō