flanquer

French

Etymology

From flanc +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɑ̃.ke/
• Homophones: flanqué, flanquée, flanquées, flanqués, flanquez

Verb

flanquer

1. to flank, adjoin
2. (colloquial) to fling, chuck
3. (colloquial) to give
4. to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right-hand man

Conjugation

Conjugation of flanquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flanquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flanquant /flɑ̃.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flanqué /flɑ̃.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flanque /flɑ̃k/	flanques /flɑ̃k/	flanque /flɑ̃k/	flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/	flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/	flanquent /flɑ̃k/
	imperfect	flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/	flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/	flanquait /flɑ̃.kɛ/	flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/	flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/	flanquaient /flɑ̃.kɛ/
	past historic2	flanquai /flɑ̃.ke/	flanquas /flɑ̃.ka/	flanqua /flɑ̃.ka/	flanquâmes /flɑ̃.kam/	flanquâtes /flɑ̃.kat/	flanquèrent /flɑ̃.kɛʁ/
	future	flanquerai /flɑ̃.kʁe/	flanqueras /flɑ̃.kʁa/	flanquera /flɑ̃.kʁa/	flanquerons /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/	flanquerez /flɑ̃.kʁe/	flanqueront /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/	flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/	flanquerait /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/	flanquerions /flɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	flanqueriez /flɑ̃.kə.ʁje/	flanqueraient /flɑ̃.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	flanque /flɑ̃k/	flanques /flɑ̃k/	flanque /flɑ̃k/	flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/	flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/	flanquent /flɑ̃k/
	imperfect2	flanquasse /flɑ̃.kas/	flanquasses /flɑ̃.kas/	flanquât /flɑ̃.ka/	flanquassions /flɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/	flanquassiez /flɑ̃.ka.sje/	flanquassent /flɑ̃.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flanque /flɑ̃k/	—	flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/	flanquez /flɑ̃.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

• flanquer une tripotée
• flanqueur

Further reading

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