bisquer
English
Etymology
bisque + -er
Noun
bisquer (plural bisquers)
- (sports, in combination) A person given a certain number or kind of bisques or advantages.
- 1913, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News (volume 79, page 68)
- Starting the game as a twelve bisquer in 1908, the progress of Miss W. A. Blood, the eldest of the trio, was nothing beyond the normal […]
- 1992, Nancy L. Rhoades, Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography (page 21)
- Compilation of "hints" to Long-Bisquers who need to amend their tactical shortcomings, told with professional authority.
- 1913, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News (volume 79, page 68)
French
Etymology
Unclear. The Trésor de la langue française suggests a derivation from the bad reputation of inhabitants of Biscay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bis.ke/
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Verb
bisquer
- to be scornful; to be moody
Conjugation
Conjugation of bisquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bisquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bisquant /bis.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bisqué /bis.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bisque /bisk/ | bisques /bisk/ | bisque /bisk/ | bisquons /bis.kɔ̃/ | bisquez /bis.ke/ | bisquent /bisk/ |
| imperfect | bisquais /bis.kɛ/ | bisquais /bis.kɛ/ | bisquait /bis.kɛ/ | bisquions /bis.kjɔ̃/ | bisquiez /bis.kje/ | bisquaient /bis.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bisquai /bis.ke/ | bisquas /bis.ka/ | bisqua /bis.ka/ | bisquâmes /bis.kam/ | bisquâtes /bis.kat/ | bisquèrent /bis.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | bisquerai /bis.kə.ʁe/ | bisqueras /bis.kə.ʁa/ | bisquera /bis.kə.ʁa/ | bisquerons /bis.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | bisquerez /bis.kə.ʁe/ | bisqueront /bis.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bisquerais /bis.kə.ʁɛ/ | bisquerais /bis.kə.ʁɛ/ | bisquerait /bis.kə.ʁɛ/ | bisquerions /bis.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bisqueriez /bis.kə.ʁje/ | bisqueraient /bis.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 | bisque /bisk/ | bisques /bisk/ | bisque /bisk/ | bisquions /bis.kjɔ̃/ | bisquiez /bis.kje/ | bisquent /bisk/ |
| imperfect2 | bisquasse /bis.kas/ | bisquasses /bis.kas/ | bisquât /bis.ka/ | bisquassions /bis.ka.sjɔ̃/ | bisquassiez /bis.ka.sje/ | bisquassent /bis.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bisque /bisk/ | — | bisquons /bis.kɔ̃/ | bisquez /bis.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
- “bisquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.