bifurquer

French

Etymology

A verb based on Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.fyʁ.ke/

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• Homophones: bifurquai, bifurqué, bifurquée, bifurquées, bifurqués, bifurquez

Verb

bifurquer

1. to bifurcate (split in two)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bifurquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bifurquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bifurquant /bi.fyʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bifurqué /bi.fyʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bifurque /bi.fyʁk/	bifurques /bi.fyʁk/	bifurque /bi.fyʁk/	bifurquons /bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/	bifurquez /bi.fyʁ.ke/	bifurquent /bi.fyʁk/
	imperfect	bifurquais /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/	bifurquais /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/	bifurquait /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/	bifurquions /bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/	bifurquiez /bi.fyʁ.kje/	bifurquaient /bi.fyʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	bifurquai /bi.fyʁ.ke/	bifurquas /bi.fyʁ.ka/	bifurqua /bi.fyʁ.ka/	bifurquâmes /bi.fyʁ.kam/	bifurquâtes /bi.fyʁ.kat/	bifurquèrent /bi.fyʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	bifurquerai /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/	bifurqueras /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/	bifurquera /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁa/	bifurquerons /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	bifurquerez /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁe/	bifurqueront /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bifurquerais /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	bifurquerais /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	bifurquerait /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	bifurquerions /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	bifurqueriez /bi.fyʁ.kə.ʁje/	bifurqueraient /bi.fyʁ.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	bifurque /bi.fyʁk/	bifurques /bi.fyʁk/	bifurque /bi.fyʁk/	bifurquions /bi.fyʁ.kjɔ̃/	bifurquiez /bi.fyʁ.kje/	bifurquent /bi.fyʁk/
	imperfect2	bifurquasse /bi.fyʁ.kas/	bifurquasses /bi.fyʁ.kas/	bifurquât /bi.fyʁ.ka/	bifurquassions /bi.fyʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	bifurquassiez /bi.fyʁ.ka.sje/	bifurquassent /bi.fyʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bifurque /bi.fyʁk/	—	bifurquons /bi.fyʁ.kɔ̃/	bifurquez /bi.fyʁ.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).

Derived terms

• bifurqué (adjective)

Further reading

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