mocquer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French moquer.

Verb

mocquer

1. to mock; to make fun of

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mocquer

infinitive	simple	mocquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mocquant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mocqué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mocque	mocques	mocque	mocquons	mocquez	mocquent
	imperfect	mocquois, mocquoys	mocquois, mocquoys	mocquoit, mocquoyt	mocquions, mocquyons	mocquiez, mocquyez	mocquoient, mocquoyent
	past historic	mocqua	mocquas	mocqua	mocquasmes	mocquastes	mocquerent
	future	mocquerai, mocqueray	mocqueras	mocquera	mocquerons	mocquerez	mocqueront
	conditional	mocquerois, mocqueroys	mocquerois, mocqueroys	mocqueroit, mocqueroyt	mocquerions, mocqueryons	mocqueriez, mocqueryez	mocqueroient, mocqueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	mocque	mocques	mocque	mocquons	mocquez	mocquent
	imperfect	mocquasse	mocquasses	mocquast	mocquassions	mocquassiez	mocquassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mocque	—	mocquons	mocquez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• mocquerie

Descendants

• English: mock
• French: moquer