braquer

French

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁa.ke/
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Verb

braquer

  1. to point (a gun, camera etc.) (sur, vers at)
  2. to turn (one’s eyes) (sur, vers on)
  3. to make a hard turn, turn hard
  4. (colloquial) to stick up, rob (a bank)

Conjugation
Conjugation of braquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple braquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple braquant
/bʁa.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle braqué
/bʁa.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present braque
/bʁak/		 braques
/bʁak/		 braque
/bʁak/		 braquons
/bʁa.kɔ̃/		 braquez
/bʁa.ke/		 braquent
/bʁak/
imperfect braquais
/bʁa.kɛ/		 braquais
/bʁa.kɛ/		 braquait
/bʁa.kɛ/		 braquions
/bʁa.kjɔ̃/		 braquiez
/bʁa.kje/		 braquaient
/bʁa.kɛ/
past historic2 braquai
/bʁa.ke/		 braquas
/bʁa.ka/		 braqua
/bʁa.ka/		 braquâmes
/bʁa.kam/		 braquâtes
/bʁa.kat/		 braquèrent
/bʁa.kɛʁ/
future braquerai
/bʁa.kʁe/		 braqueras
/bʁa.kʁa/		 braquera
/bʁa.kʁa/		 braquerons
/bʁa.kʁɔ̃/		 braquerez
/bʁa.kʁe/		 braqueront
/bʁa.kʁɔ̃/
conditional braquerais
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerais
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerait
/bʁa.kʁɛ/		 braquerions
/bʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 braqueriez
/bʁa.kə.ʁje/		 braqueraient
/bʁa.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 braque
/bʁak/		 braques
/bʁak/		 braque
/bʁak/		 braquions
/bʁa.kjɔ̃/		 braquiez
/bʁa.kje/		 braquent
/bʁak/
imperfect2 braquasse
/bʁa.kas/		 braquasses
/bʁa.kas/		 braquât
/bʁa.ka/		 braquassions
/bʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/		 braquassiez
/bʁa.ka.sje/		 braquassent
/bʁa.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — braque
/bʁak/		 — braquons
/bʁa.kɔ̃/		 braquez
/bʁa.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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