convoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convocāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/

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Verb

convoquer

1. to convene, convoke (invite together)
2. to summon, call (call up), invite
3. (law) to summon; to summons
   • 2020 July 24, “Acquitté après avoir bloqué un radar mobile à Remich… avec sa voiture”, in Le Quotidien:

     Parce qu’il s’était garé le 11 avril 2019 devant un radar mobile sur la N2 à Remich après s’être fait flasher, un jeune homme de 34 ans était convoqué devant le tribunal correctionnel.

     Because he parked in front of a speed camera on the N2 in Remich on 11 April 2019 after being flashed, a 34 year old man was summonsed to court.

Conjugation

Conjugation of convoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	convoquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	convoquant /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		convoqué /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoques /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoquons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/	convoquez /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/	convoquent /kɔ̃.vɔk/
	imperfect	convoquais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/	convoquais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/	convoquait /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/	convoquions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/	convoquiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kje/	convoquaient /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	convoquai /kɔ̃.vɔ.ke/	convoquas /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/	convoqua /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/	convoquâmes /kɔ̃.vɔ.kam/	convoquâtes /kɔ̃.vɔ.kat/	convoquèrent /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	convoquerai /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁe/	convoqueras /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁa/	convoquera /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁa/	convoquerons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/	convoquerez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁe/	convoqueront /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convoquerais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/	convoquerais /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/	convoquerait /kɔ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/	convoquerions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	convoqueriez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁje/	convoqueraient /kɔ̃.vɔ.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	convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoques /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/	convoquions /kɔ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/	convoquiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.kje/	convoquent /kɔ̃.vɔk/
	imperfect2	convoquasse /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/	convoquasses /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/	convoquât /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka/	convoquassions /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	convoquassiez /kɔ̃.vɔ.ka.sje/	convoquassent /kɔ̃.vɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	convoque /kɔ̃.vɔk/	—	convoquons /kɔ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/	convoquez /kɔ̃.vɔ.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

• convocation

Further reading

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