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manquer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mancare, derived from manco (“maimed”).

Pronunciation

Verb

manquer

  1. (intransitive) to lack, to be lacking in [with de]
    • 2013, Zaz & Alex Renart, Appât de velours:
      Vous manquez de patience, Monsieur le Renart ; allez donc vous coucher, car là il se fait tard.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Je manque de temps. ― I don't have enough time. (literally, “I lack time.”)
  2. (intransitive) [with à]
    1. Used as English uses to miss (to feel a sadness caused by the absence of something, distance from a place, and longing to reunite therewith) more literally meaning "to be missed by"
      • 2021, Angèle, Bruxelles, je t'aime:
        Paris m'appelle quand je veux rentrer chez moi
        Quand le ciel gris et la pluie me manquent ; je vais mieux quand j' te vois. […]
        Bruxelles, je t'aime — Bruxelles, je t'aime ; tu m'avais manqué.
        Paris calls me when I want to go back home
        When I miss the grey sky and the rain; I feel better when I see you. […]
        Brussels, I love you – Brussels, I love you; I had missed you.
      Tu me manques. ― I miss you. (literally, “You are missing to me.”)
    2. to be missing or lacking to
      La sottise ne manque pas là. ― There is no lack of stupidity here.
    3. to be missed out on, to pass by
      • 1996', Noir Désir, À ton étoile
        Ça m'a manqué, tout ça, quand tu sauvais la face à bien d'autres que moi.
        I missed out on that, all of that, when you were saving face for many more than me.
  3. (transitive) to miss, to fail
    J'ai manqué mon train. ― I missed my train.
  4. to run the risk (of doing), to almost (do) [with de (+ infinitive)]
    Il a manqué d’être tué. ― He was almost killed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of manquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
More information infinitive, simple ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: mankeren
  • → Russian: манкировать (mankirovatʹ)
  • → Esperanto: manki

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