paquer

French

Alternative forms

• pacquer

Etymology

From paque(t) (“packet, parcel”) +‎ -er, from Middle French pacque, from Middle English or Middle Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ke/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: paquai, paqué, paquée, paquées, paqués

Verb

paquer

1. (transitive) to pack (fish) in a box for transportation

Conjugation

Conjugation of paquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	paquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	paquant /pa.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		paqué /pa.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	paque /pak/	paques /pak/	paque /pak/	paquons /pa.kɔ̃/	paquez /pa.ke/	paquent /pak/
	imperfect	paquais /pa.kɛ/	paquais /pa.kɛ/	paquait /pa.kɛ/	paquions /pa.kjɔ̃/	paquiez /pa.kje/	paquaient /pa.kɛ/
	past historic2	paquai /pa.ke/	paquas /pa.ka/	paqua /pa.ka/	paquâmes /pa.kam/	paquâtes /pa.kat/	paquèrent /pa.kɛʁ/
	future	paquerai /pa.kʁe/	paqueras /pa.kʁa/	paquera /pa.kʁa/	paquerons /pa.kʁɔ̃/	paquerez /pa.kʁe/	paqueront /pa.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	paquerais /pa.kʁɛ/	paquerais /pa.kʁɛ/	paquerait /pa.kʁɛ/	paquerions /pa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	paqueriez /pa.kə.ʁje/	paqueraient /pa.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	paque /pak/	paques /pak/	paque /pak/	paquions /pa.kjɔ̃/	paquiez /pa.kje/	paquent /pak/
	imperfect2	paquasse /pa.kas/	paquasses /pa.kas/	paquât /pa.ka/	paquassions /pa.ka.sjɔ̃/	paquassiez /pa.ka.sje/	paquassent /pa.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	paque /pak/	—	paquons /pa.kɔ̃/	paquez /pa.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).

Further reading

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