matraquer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁa.ke/

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Verb

matraquer

1. to club
2. to hype

Conjugation

Conjugation of matraquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	matraquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	matraquant /ma.tʁa.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		matraqué /ma.tʁa.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	matraque /ma.tʁak/	matraques /ma.tʁak/	matraque /ma.tʁak/	matraquons /ma.tʁa.kɔ̃/	matraquez /ma.tʁa.ke/	matraquent /ma.tʁak/
	imperfect	matraquais /ma.tʁa.kɛ/	matraquais /ma.tʁa.kɛ/	matraquait /ma.tʁa.kɛ/	matraquions /ma.tʁa.kjɔ̃/	matraquiez /ma.tʁa.kje/	matraquaient /ma.tʁa.kɛ/
	past historic2	matraquai /ma.tʁa.ke/	matraquas /ma.tʁa.ka/	matraqua /ma.tʁa.ka/	matraquâmes /ma.tʁa.kam/	matraquâtes /ma.tʁa.kat/	matraquèrent /ma.tʁa.kɛʁ/
	future	matraquerai /ma.tʁa.kʁe/	matraqueras /ma.tʁa.kʁa/	matraquera /ma.tʁa.kʁa/	matraquerons /ma.tʁa.kʁɔ̃/	matraquerez /ma.tʁa.kʁe/	matraqueront /ma.tʁa.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	matraquerais /ma.tʁa.kʁɛ/	matraquerais /ma.tʁa.kʁɛ/	matraquerait /ma.tʁa.kʁɛ/	matraquerions /ma.tʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	matraqueriez /ma.tʁa.kə.ʁje/	matraqueraient /ma.tʁa.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	matraque /ma.tʁak/	matraques /ma.tʁak/	matraque /ma.tʁak/	matraquions /ma.tʁa.kjɔ̃/	matraquiez /ma.tʁa.kje/	matraquent /ma.tʁak/
	imperfect2	matraquasse /ma.tʁa.kas/	matraquasses /ma.tʁa.kas/	matraquât /ma.tʁa.ka/	matraquassions /ma.tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/	matraquassiez /ma.tʁa.ka.sje/	matraquassent /ma.tʁa.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	matraque /ma.tʁak/	—	matraquons /ma.tʁa.kɔ̃/	matraquez /ma.tʁa.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).

Related terms

• matraque
• matraquage
• matraqueur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• remarquât