obliquer

English

Adjective

obliquer

1. comparative form of oblique: more oblique

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

obliquer

1. (intransitive) to bear, bear off

   obliquer à gauche ― bear left

2. (intransitive) to look away (from someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of obliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	obliquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	obliquant /ɔ.bli.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		obliqué /ɔ.bli.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	oblique /ɔ.blik/	obliques /ɔ.blik/	oblique /ɔ.blik/	obliquons /ɔ.bli.kɔ̃/	obliquez /ɔ.bli.ke/	obliquent /ɔ.blik/
	imperfect	obliquais /ɔ.bli.kɛ/	obliquais /ɔ.bli.kɛ/	obliquait /ɔ.bli.kɛ/	obliquions /ɔ.bli.kjɔ̃/	obliquiez /ɔ.bli.kje/	obliquaient /ɔ.bli.kɛ/
	past historic2	obliquai /ɔ.bli.ke/	obliquas /ɔ.bli.ka/	obliqua /ɔ.bli.ka/	obliquâmes /ɔ.bli.kam/	obliquâtes /ɔ.bli.kat/	obliquèrent /ɔ.bli.kɛʁ/
	future	obliquerai /ɔ.bli.kʁe/	obliqueras /ɔ.bli.kʁa/	obliquera /ɔ.bli.kʁa/	obliquerons /ɔ.bli.kʁɔ̃/	obliquerez /ɔ.bli.kʁe/	obliqueront /ɔ.bli.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	obliquerais /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/	obliquerais /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/	obliquerait /ɔ.bli.kʁɛ/	obliquerions /ɔ.bli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	obliqueriez /ɔ.bli.kə.ʁje/	obliqueraient /ɔ.bli.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	oblique /ɔ.blik/	obliques /ɔ.blik/	oblique /ɔ.blik/	obliquions /ɔ.bli.kjɔ̃/	obliquiez /ɔ.bli.kje/	obliquent /ɔ.blik/
	imperfect2	obliquasse /ɔ.bli.kas/	obliquasses /ɔ.bli.kas/	obliquât /ɔ.bli.ka/	obliquassions /ɔ.bli.ka.sjɔ̃/	obliquassiez /ɔ.bli.ka.sje/	obliquassent /ɔ.bli.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	oblique /ɔ.blik/	—	obliquons /ɔ.bli.kɔ̃/	obliquez /ɔ.bli.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

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

Latin

Verb

oblīquer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of oblīquō