becquer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

becquer

1. to peck (all senses)

Conjugation

Conjugation of becquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	becquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	becquant /bɛ.kɑ̃/ or /be.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		becqué /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	becque /bɛk/	becques /bɛk/	becque /bɛk/	becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/	becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/	becquent /bɛk/
	imperfect	becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/	becquais /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/	becquait /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/	becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/	becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/	becquaient /bɛ.kɛ/ or /be.kɛ/
	past historic2	becquai /bɛ.ke/ or /be.ke/	becquas /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/	becqua /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/	becquâmes /bɛ.kam/ or /be.kam/	becquâtes /bɛ.kat/ or /be.kat/	becquèrent /bɛ.kɛʁ/ or /be.kɛʁ/
	future	becquerai /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/	becqueras /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/	becquera /bɛ.kʁa/ or /be.kʁa/	becquerons /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/	becquerez /bɛ.kʁe/ or /be.kʁe/	becqueront /bɛ.kʁɔ̃/ or /be.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/	becquerais /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/	becquerait /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.kʁɛ/	becquerions /bɛ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	becqueriez /bɛ.kə.ʁje/ or /be.kə.ʁje/	becqueraient /bɛ.kʁɛ/ or /be.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	becque /bɛk/	becques /bɛk/	becque /bɛk/	becquions /bɛ.kjɔ̃/ or /be.kjɔ̃/	becquiez /bɛ.kje/ or /be.kje/	becquent /bɛk/
	imperfect2	becquasse /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/	becquasses /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/	becquât /bɛ.ka/ or /be.ka/	becquassions /bɛ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ka.sjɔ̃/	becquassiez /bɛ.ka.sje/ or /be.ka.sje/	becquassent /bɛ.kas/ or /be.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	becque /bɛk/	—	becquons /bɛ.kɔ̃/ or /be.kɔ̃/	becquez /bɛ.ke/ or /be.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “becquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.