becqueter

French

Etymology

From bec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.k(ə).te/ ~ /be.k(ə).te/
• Homophones: becquetai, becqueté, becquetée, becquetées, becquetés, becquetez

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Verb

becqueter

1. (transitive) to peck (at)
2. (slang) to eat, nosh, chow down
3. to peck (kiss)

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of becqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	becqueter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	becquetant /bɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		becqueté /bɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	becquette or becquète /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquettes or becquètes /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquette or becquète /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquetons /bɛk.tɔ̃/	becquetez /bɛk.te/	becquettent or becquètent /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/
	imperfect	becquetais /bɛk.tɛ/	becquetais /bɛk.tɛ/	becquetait /bɛk.tɛ/	becquetions /bɛ.kə.tjɔ̃/ or /be.kə.tjɔ̃/	becquetiez /bɛ.kə.tje/ or /be.kə.tje/	becquetaient /bɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	becquetai /bɛk.te/	becquetas /bɛk.ta/	becqueta /bɛk.ta/	becquetâmes /bɛk.tam/	becquetâtes /bɛk.tat/	becquetèrent /bɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	becquetterai or becquèterai /bɛ.kɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ke.tʁe/	becquetteras or becquèteras /bɛ.kɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ke.tʁa/	becquettera or becquètera /bɛ.kɛ.tʁa/ or /be.ke.tʁa/	becquetterons or becquèterons /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ke.tʁɔ̃/	becquetterez or becquèterez /bɛ.kɛ.tʁe/ or /be.ke.tʁe/	becquetteront or becquèteront /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /be.ke.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	becquetterais or becquèterais /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ke.tʁɛ/	becquetterais or becquèterais /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ke.tʁɛ/	becquetterait or becquèterait /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ke.tʁɛ/	becquetterions or becquèterions /bɛ.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	becquetteriez or becquèteriez /bɛ.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /be.ke.tə.ʁje/	becquetteraient or becquèteraient /bɛ.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /be.ke.tʁɛ/
(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	becquette or becquète /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquettes or becquètes /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquette or becquète /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	becquetions /bɛ.kə.tjɔ̃/ or /be.kə.tjɔ̃/	becquetiez /bɛ.kə.tje/ or /be.kə.tje/	becquettent or becquètent /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/
	imperfect2	becquetasse /bɛk.tas/	becquetasses /bɛk.tas/	becquetât /bɛk.ta/	becquetassions /bɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	becquetassiez /bɛk.ta.sje/	becquetassent /bɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	becquette or becquète /bɛ.kɛt/ or /be.kɛt/	—	becquetons /bɛk.tɔ̃/	becquetez /bɛk.te/	—
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

• bectance
• becquetage
• becquetance

Further reading

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