bisquer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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.
French edit
Etymology edit
Unclear. The Trésor de la langue française suggests a derivation from the bad reputation of inhabitants of Biscay.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bisquer
Conjugation edit
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 edit
- “bisquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.