extorquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extorquēre. Cf. Old French estordre < Vulgar Latin *extorcere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/

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Verb

extorquer

1. to extort

Conjugation

Conjugation of extorquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	extorquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	extorquant /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		extorqué /ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	extorque /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorques /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorque /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorquons /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɔ̃/	extorquez /ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/	extorquent /ɛk.stɔʁk/
	imperfect	extorquais /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɛ/	extorquais /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɛ/	extorquait /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɛ/	extorquions /ɛk.stɔʁ.kjɔ̃/	extorquiez /ɛk.stɔʁ.kje/	extorquaient /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	extorquai /ɛk.stɔʁ.ke/	extorquas /ɛk.stɔʁ.ka/	extorqua /ɛk.stɔʁ.ka/	extorquâmes /ɛk.stɔʁ.kam/	extorquâtes /ɛk.stɔʁ.kat/	extorquèrent /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	extorquerai /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁe/	extorqueras /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁa/	extorquera /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁa/	extorquerons /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	extorquerez /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁe/	extorqueront /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	extorquerais /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	extorquerais /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	extorquerait /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	extorquerions /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	extorqueriez /ɛk.stɔʁ.kə.ʁje/	extorqueraient /ɛk.stɔʁ.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	extorque /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorques /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorque /ɛk.stɔʁk/	extorquions /ɛk.stɔʁ.kjɔ̃/	extorquiez /ɛk.stɔʁ.kje/	extorquent /ɛk.stɔʁk/
	imperfect2	extorquasse /ɛk.stɔʁ.kas/	extorquasses /ɛk.stɔʁ.kas/	extorquât /ɛk.stɔʁ.ka/	extorquassions /ɛk.stɔʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	extorquassiez /ɛk.stɔʁ.ka.sje/	extorquassent /ɛk.stɔʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	extorque /ɛk.stɔʁk/	—	extorquons /ɛk.stɔʁ.kɔ̃/	extorquez /ɛk.stɔʁ.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

• extorqueur

Related terms

• extorsion

Further reading

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