picquer

French

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Verb

picquer

1. obsolete spelling of piquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of picquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	picquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	picquant /pi.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		picqué /pi.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	picque /pik/	picques /pik/	picque /pik/	picquons /pi.kɔ̃/	picquez /pi.ke/	picquent /pik/
	imperfect	picquais /pi.kɛ/	picquais /pi.kɛ/	picquait /pi.kɛ/	picquions /pi.kjɔ̃/	picquiez /pi.kje/	picquaient /pi.kɛ/
	past historic2	picquai /pi.ke/	picquas /pi.ka/	picqua /pi.ka/	picquâmes /pi.kam/	picquâtes /pi.kat/	picquèrent /pi.kɛʁ/
	future	picquerai /pi.kʁe/	picqueras /pi.kʁa/	picquera /pi.kʁa/	picquerons /pi.kʁɔ̃/	picquerez /pi.kʁe/	picqueront /pi.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	picquerais /pi.kʁɛ/	picquerais /pi.kʁɛ/	picquerait /pi.kʁɛ/	picquerions /pi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	picqueriez /pi.kə.ʁje/	picqueraient /pi.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	picque /pik/	picques /pik/	picque /pik/	picquions /pi.kjɔ̃/	picquiez /pi.kje/	picquent /pik/
	imperfect2	picquasse /pi.kas/	picquasses /pi.kas/	picquât /pi.ka/	picquassions /pi.ka.sjɔ̃/	picquassiez /pi.ka.sje/	picquassent /pi.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	picque /pik/	—	picquons /pi.kɔ̃/	picquez /pi.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).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• piquer

Etymology

From Old French piquer. See picque.

Verb

picquer

1. (of an insect, etc.) to sting

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of picquer

infinitive	simple	picquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	picquant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		picqué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	picque	picques	picque	picquons	picquez	picquent
	imperfect	picquois, picquoys	picquois, picquoys	picquoit, picquoyt	picquions, picquyons	picquiez, picquyez	picquoient, picquoyent
	past historic	picqua	picquas	picqua	picquasmes	picquastes	picquerent
	future	picquerai, picqueray	picqueras	picquera	picquerons	picquerez	picqueront
	conditional	picquerois, picqueroys	picquerois, picqueroys	picqueroit, picqueroyt	picquerions, picqueryons	picqueriez, picqueryez	picqueroient, picqueroyent
(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	picque	picques	picque	picquons	picquez	picquent
	imperfect	picquasse	picquasses	picquast	picquassions	picquassiez	picquassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	picque	—	picquons	picquez	—
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).

Derived terms

• picque

Descendants

• French: piquer