couiquer

French

Etymology

couic + -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwi.ke/

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Verb

couiquer

1. (colloquial) to kill (intentionally)
   • 1972, René Goscinny, Les Lauriers de César:

     — Dis, Astérix, on ne va tout de même pas le couiquer ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of couiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	couiquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	couiquant /kwi.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		couiqué /kwi.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	couique /kwik/	couiques /kwik/	couique /kwik/	couiquons /kwi.kɔ̃/	couiquez /kwi.ke/	couiquent /kwik/
	imperfect	couiquais /kwi.kɛ/	couiquais /kwi.kɛ/	couiquait /kwi.kɛ/	couiquions /kwi.kjɔ̃/	couiquiez /kwi.kje/	couiquaient /kwi.kɛ/
	past historic2	couiquai /kwi.ke/	couiquas /kwi.ka/	couiqua /kwi.ka/	couiquâmes /kwi.kam/	couiquâtes /kwi.kat/	couiquèrent /kwi.kɛʁ/
	future	couiquerai /kwi.kʁe/	couiqueras /kwi.kʁa/	couiquera /kwi.kʁa/	couiquerons /kwi.kʁɔ̃/	couiquerez /kwi.kʁe/	couiqueront /kwi.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	couiquerais /kwi.kʁɛ/	couiquerais /kwi.kʁɛ/	couiquerait /kwi.kʁɛ/	couiquerions /kwi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	couiqueriez /kwi.kə.ʁje/	couiqueraient /kwi.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	couique /kwik/	couiques /kwik/	couique /kwik/	couiquions /kwi.kjɔ̃/	couiquiez /kwi.kje/	couiquent /kwik/
	imperfect2	couiquasse /kwi.kas/	couiquasses /kwi.kas/	couiquât /kwi.ka/	couiquassions /kwi.ka.sjɔ̃/	couiquassiez /kwi.ka.sje/	couiquassent /kwi.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	couique /kwik/	—	couiquons /kwi.kɔ̃/	couiquez /kwi.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

• couiquer on the French Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^fr