attaquer
French
Etymology
From Italian attacco (“an attack”). Doublet of attacher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ta.ke/
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Verb
attaquer
- (transitive) to attack
Conjugation
Conjugation of attaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | attaquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | attaquant /a.ta.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | attaqué /a.ta.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | attaque /a.tak/ | attaques /a.tak/ | attaque /a.tak/ | attaquons /a.ta.kɔ̃/ | attaquez /a.ta.ke/ | attaquent /a.tak/ |
| imperfect | attaquais /a.ta.kɛ/ | attaquais /a.ta.kɛ/ | attaquait /a.ta.kɛ/ | attaquions /a.ta.kjɔ̃/ | attaquiez /a.ta.kje/ | attaquaient /a.ta.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | attaquai /a.ta.ke/ | attaquas /a.ta.ka/ | attaqua /a.ta.ka/ | attaquâmes /a.ta.kam/ | attaquâtes /a.ta.kat/ | attaquèrent /a.ta.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | attaquerai /a.ta.kʁe/ | attaqueras /a.ta.kʁa/ | attaquera /a.ta.kʁa/ | attaquerons /a.ta.kʁɔ̃/ | attaquerez /a.ta.kʁe/ | attaqueront /a.ta.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | attaquerais /a.ta.kʁɛ/ | attaquerais /a.ta.kʁɛ/ | attaquerait /a.ta.kʁɛ/ | attaquerions /a.ta.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | attaqueriez /a.ta.kə.ʁje/ | attaqueraient /a.ta.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 | attaque /a.tak/ | attaques /a.tak/ | attaque /a.tak/ | attaquions /a.ta.kjɔ̃/ | attaquiez /a.ta.kje/ | attaquent /a.tak/ |
| imperfect2 | attaquasse /a.ta.kas/ | attaquasses /a.ta.kas/ | attaquât /a.ta.ka/ | attaquassions /a.ta.ka.sjɔ̃/ | attaquassiez /a.ta.ka.sje/ | attaquassent /a.ta.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | attaque /a.tak/ | — | attaquons /a.ta.kɔ̃/ | attaquez /a.ta.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
- attaque
- attaqueur
- attaquant
Descendants
- → German: attackieren
- → Romanian: ataca
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading
- “attaquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.