claquer
English edit
Noun edit
claquer (plural claquers)
- Alternative form of claqueur
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, clacquer (“to clack, clap, clatter”), from Middle Dutch klacken (“to clack, crack, whack, shake”), from Old Dutch *klakon, from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).
Verb edit
claquer
- (intransitive) to clack (make a sharp sound)
- (of hands) to clap
- claquer des mains ― to clap one's hands
- claquer les acrobates ― to clap the acrobats
- (intransitive, of fingers) to click, to snap
- faire claquer ses doigts ― to click one's fingers
- (intransitive, of a whip) to crack
- faire claquer un fouet ― to crack a whip
- (intransitive, of a flag) to flap
- (intransitive, of teeth) to chatter
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
- Je me levai ; mes dents claquaient, mes mains tremblaient et ne savaient où trouver mes vêtements, mes jambes étaient faibles.
- I got up; my teeth were chattering, my hands shaking, not knowing where to find my clothes, my legs were weak,
- (intransitive, of gunshots) to rattle
- (intransitive, of shutters) to rattle
- (intransitive) to click (to make a click sound with the mouth)
- (transitive) to slap (hit with the hand)
- (transitive) to slam (a door)
- J’ai claqué la porte au nez de mon voisin.
- I slammed the door in my neighbour's face.
- (reflexive) to snap
- se claquer un muscle ― to snap a muscle
- (informal) to squander, to dissipate, to splurge
- 2018 July 6, “Bonaparte”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Antidote:
- J’suis dans l’hood, j’bicrave de l’OG Kush et c’est normal
500€, claqués dans mes souliers c’est normal- I am in the hood, I slang the OG Kush and this is normal
500€, blown on my creps, this is normal
- I am in the hood, I slang the OG Kush and this is normal
- 2021 February 13, Fresh (lyrics and music), “La Douille #4”[1]:
- Ce fils de pute il a mal fait les comptes, il a tout claqué, il s’est retrouvé dedans
- This son of a bitch has made bad reckonings, splurged all, he finds himself inside.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to die
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of claquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | claquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | claquant /kla.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | claqué /kla.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | claque /klak/ |
claques /klak/ |
claque /klak/ |
claquons /kla.kɔ̃/ |
claquez /kla.ke/ |
claquent /klak/ |
| imperfect | claquais /kla.kɛ/ |
claquais /kla.kɛ/ |
claquait /kla.kɛ/ |
claquions /kla.kjɔ̃/ |
claquiez /kla.kje/ |
claquaient /kla.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | claquai /kla.ke/ |
claquas /kla.ka/ |
claqua /kla.ka/ |
claquâmes /kla.kam/ |
claquâtes /kla.kat/ |
claquèrent /kla.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | claquerai /kla.kʁe/ |
claqueras /kla.kʁa/ |
claquera /kla.kʁa/ |
claquerons /kla.kʁɔ̃/ |
claquerez /kla.kʁe/ |
claqueront /kla.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | claquerais /kla.kʁɛ/ |
claquerais /kla.kʁɛ/ |
claquerait /kla.kʁɛ/ |
claquerions /kla.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claqueriez /kla.kə.ʁje/ |
claqueraient /kla.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 | claque /klak/ |
claques /klak/ |
claque /klak/ |
claquions /kla.kjɔ̃/ |
claquiez /kla.kje/ |
claquent /klak/ |
| imperfect2 | claquasse /kla.kas/ |
claquasses /kla.kas/ |
claquât /kla.ka/ |
claquassions /kla.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
claquassiez /kla.ka.sje/ |
claquassent /kla.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | claque /klak/ |
— | claquons /kla.kɔ̃/ |
claquez /kla.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
claquer
- to vamp a shoe
Further reading edit
- “claquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.