plaquer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pla.ke/

Etymology

From plaque

Verb

plaquer

1. To plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material)
2. (rugby) To tackle
3. (martial arts) To grapple
4. (relationships) To leave someone, to break up with someone

   Elle a plaqué son mari.

   She left her husband.

Derived terms

• plaquage

Conjugation

   Conjugation of plaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		plaquer			avoir plaqué
gerund		en plaquant			en ayant plaqué
present participle		plaquant
past participle		plaqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	plaque	plaques	plaque	plaquons	plaquez	plaquent
	imperfect	plaquais	plaquais	plaquait	plaquions	plaquiez	plaquaient
	past historic1	plaquai	plaquas	plaqua	plaquâmes	plaquâtes	plaquèrent
	future	plaquerai	plaqueras	plaquera	plaquerons	plaquerez	plaqueront
	conditional	plaquerais	plaquerais	plaquerait	plaquerions	plaqueriez	plaqueraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	plaque	plaques	plaque	plaquions	plaquiez	plaquent
	imperfect1	plaquasse	plaquasses	plaquât	plaquassions	plaquassiez	plaquassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	plaque	—	plaquons	plaquez	—
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