provoquer
French
Etymology
From Middle French provoquer, from Old French provoker, provoquer, provochier, from Latin prōvocō, prōvocāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
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Verb
provoquer
- to provoke, bring on, bring about
Conjugation
Conjugation of provoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | provoquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | provoquant /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | provoqué /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | provoquez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ | provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect | provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ | provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ | provoquait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ | provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ | provoquaient /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | provoquai /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ | provoquas /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ | provoqua /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ | provoquâmes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kam/ | provoquâtes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kat/ | provoquèrent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | provoquerai /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ | provoqueras /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ | provoquera /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ | provoquerons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | provoquerez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ | provoqueront /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | provoquerait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ | provoquerions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | provoqueriez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ | provoqueraient /pʁɔ.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 | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ | provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ | provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect2 | provoquasse /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ | provoquasses /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ | provoquât /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ | provoquassions /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | provoquassiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sje/ | provoquassent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ | — | provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ | provoquez /pʁɔ.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
- provocant
- provocant
- provocateur
- évoquer
- invoquer
- révoquer
Further reading
- “provoquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.