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prévariquer

French edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/
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Verb edit

prévariquer

  1. to fail in one's duty, to be derelict in one's duty
    Synonym: manquer à son devoir

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of prévariquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prévariquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prévariquant
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prévariqué
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévariques
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévariquons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɔ̃/ 		prévariquez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/ 		prévariquent
/pʁe.va.ʁik/
imperfect prévariquais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/ 		prévariquais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/ 		prévariquait
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/ 		prévariquions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		prévariquiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kje/ 		prévariquaient
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/
past historic2 prévariquai
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/ 		prévariquas
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/ 		prévariqua
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/ 		prévariquâmes
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kam/ 		prévariquâtes
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kat/ 		prévariquèrent
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛʁ/
future prévariquerai
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁe/ 		prévariqueras
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁa/ 		prévariquera
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁa/ 		prévariquerons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɔ̃/ 		prévariquerez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁe/ 		prévariqueront
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɔ̃/
conditional prévariquerais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/ 		prévariquerais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/ 		prévariquerait
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/ 		prévariquerions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prévariqueriez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kə.ʁje/ 		prévariqueraient
/pʁe.va.ʁi.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 prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévariques
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		prévariquions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		prévariquiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kje/ 		prévariquent
/pʁe.va.ʁik/
imperfect2 prévariquasse
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/ 		prévariquasses
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/ 		prévariquât
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/ 		prévariquassions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		prévariquassiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sje/ 		prévariquassent
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/ 		— prévariquons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɔ̃/ 		prévariquez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.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).

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