piquer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
piquer (plural piquers)
- One who piques.
- 1895, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 91, page 644:
- You are what I may call a piquer of curiosity.
- 1972, North Carolina Folklore Journal (1972-1973), page 85:
- The name above the door is F. Dula. Under the circumstances, an interest piquer.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”) (cf. also pikier), from proto-Romance or Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting, strike”) or *pikkāre (compare Occitan, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish picar), itself either from an onomatopoeic root *pikk- (cf. also Latin picus, whence French pic), or alternatively, from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikōną, *pukaną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *beu-, *bu- (“to make a dull sound”).
Cognate with Old English pȳcan, pician (“to pick, pluck”); Old Norse pikka (“to prick, peck”); Middle Dutch and Middle Low German picken (“to pick, peck, pierce”); Middle High German puchen (“to knock, defy, plunder”). More at pick.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
piquer
- (transitive) to prick; to sting
- Synonym: poindre
- (intransitive) to sting
- Ça pique ! ― That stings!
- (transitive) to put down, euthanise (an animal)
- faire piquer son chien ― to have one's dog put down
- (transitive, colloquial) to nick, pinch, steal
- Synonyms: chiper, subtiliser, voler
- piquer quelque chose à quelqu’un ― to pinch something from someone
- (reflexive, transitive with de) to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do
- (textiles, couture) to stitch together
- (intransitive) to dive, descend rapidly (of birds or planes)
- (intransitive) to dash (towards something)
- Synonym: se lancer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of piquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | piquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | piquant /pi.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | piqué /pi.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pique /pik/ |
piques /pik/ |
pique /pik/ |
piquons /pi.kɔ̃/ |
piquez /pi.ke/ |
piquent /pik/ |
| imperfect | piquais /pi.kɛ/ |
piquais /pi.kɛ/ |
piquait /pi.kɛ/ |
piquions /pi.kjɔ̃/ |
piquiez /pi.kje/ |
piquaient /pi.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | piquai /pi.ke/ |
piquas /pi.ka/ |
piqua /pi.ka/ |
piquâmes /pi.kam/ |
piquâtes /pi.kat/ |
piquèrent /pi.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | piquerai /pi.kʁe/ |
piqueras /pi.kʁa/ |
piquera /pi.kʁa/ |
piquerons /pi.kʁɔ̃/ |
piquerez /pi.kʁe/ |
piqueront /pi.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | piquerais /pi.kʁɛ/ |
piquerais /pi.kʁɛ/ |
piquerait /pi.kʁɛ/ |
piquerions /pi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
piqueriez /pi.kə.ʁje/ |
piqueraient /pi.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 | pique /pik/ |
piques /pik/ |
pique /pik/ |
piquions /pi.kjɔ̃/ |
piquiez /pi.kje/ |
piquent /pik/ |
| imperfect2 | piquasse /pi.kas/ |
piquasses /pi.kas/ |
piquât /pi.ka/ |
piquassions /pi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
piquassiez /pi.ka.sje/ |
piquassent /pi.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pique /pik/ |
— | piquons /pi.kɔ̃/ |
piquez /pi.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se piquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se piquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se piquant /sə pi.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | piqué /pi.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me pique /mə pik/ |
te piques /tə pik/ |
se pique /sə pik/ |
nous piquons /nu pi.kɔ̃/ |
vous piquez /vu pi.ke/ |
se piquent /sə pik/ |
| imperfect | me piquais /mə pi.kɛ/ |
te piquais /tə pi.kɛ/ |
se piquait /sə pi.kɛ/ |
nous piquions /nu pi.kjɔ̃/ |
vous piquiez /vu pi.kje/ |
se piquaient /sə pi.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me piquai /mə pi.ke/ |
te piquas /tə pi.ka/ |
se piqua /sə pi.ka/ |
nous piquâmes /nu pi.kam/ |
vous piquâtes /vu pi.kat/ |
se piquèrent /sə pi.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | me piquerai /mə pi.kʁe/ |
te piqueras /tə pi.kʁa/ |
se piquera /sə pi.kʁa/ |
nous piquerons /nu pi.kʁɔ̃/ |
vous piquerez /vu pi.kʁe/ |
se piqueront /sə pi.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me piquerais /mə pi.kʁɛ/ |
te piquerais /tə pi.kʁɛ/ |
se piquerait /sə pi.kʁɛ/ |
nous piquerions /nu pi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous piqueriez /vu pi.kə.ʁje/ |
se piqueraient /sə pi.kʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me pique /mə pik/ |
te piques /tə pik/ |
se pique /sə pik/ |
nous piquions /nu pi.kjɔ̃/ |
vous piquiez /vu pi.kje/ |
se piquent /sə pik/ |
| imperfect2 | me piquasse /mə pi.kas/ |
te piquasses /tə pi.kas/ |
se piquât /sə pi.ka/ |
nous piquassions /nu pi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
vous piquassiez /vu pi.ka.sje/ |
se piquassent /sə pi.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pique-toi /pik.twa/ |
— | piquons-nous /pi.kɔ̃.nu/ |
piquez-vous /pi.ke.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “piquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.