remarquer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ marquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.maʁ.ke/

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Verb

remarquer

1. to observe
2. to point out, remark upon
3. to notice
4. (pronominal) to attract attention
5. (Louisiana) to announce

Conjugation

Conjugation of remarquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remarquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remarquant /ʁə.maʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		remarqué /ʁə.maʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remarque /ʁə.maʁk/	remarques /ʁə.maʁk/	remarque /ʁə.maʁk/	remarquons /ʁə.maʁ.kɔ̃/	remarquez /ʁə.maʁ.ke/	remarquent /ʁə.maʁk/
	imperfect	remarquais /ʁə.maʁ.kɛ/	remarquais /ʁə.maʁ.kɛ/	remarquait /ʁə.maʁ.kɛ/	remarquions /ʁə.maʁ.kjɔ̃/	remarquiez /ʁə.maʁ.kje/	remarquaient /ʁə.maʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	remarquai /ʁə.maʁ.ke/	remarquas /ʁə.maʁ.ka/	remarqua /ʁə.maʁ.ka/	remarquâmes /ʁə.maʁ.kam/	remarquâtes /ʁə.maʁ.kat/	remarquèrent /ʁə.maʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	remarquerai /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁe/	remarqueras /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁa/	remarquera /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁa/	remarquerons /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	remarquerez /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁe/	remarqueront /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remarquerais /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	remarquerais /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	remarquerait /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	remarquerions /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	remarqueriez /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁje/	remarqueraient /ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/
(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	remarque /ʁə.maʁk/	remarques /ʁə.maʁk/	remarque /ʁə.maʁk/	remarquions /ʁə.maʁ.kjɔ̃/	remarquiez /ʁə.maʁ.kje/	remarquent /ʁə.maʁk/
	imperfect2	remarquasse /ʁə.maʁ.kas/	remarquasses /ʁə.maʁ.kas/	remarquât /ʁə.maʁ.ka/	remarquassions /ʁə.maʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	remarquassiez /ʁə.maʁ.ka.sje/	remarquassent /ʁə.maʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remarque /ʁə.maʁk/	—	remarquons /ʁə.maʁ.kɔ̃/	remarquez /ʁə.maʁ.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

• remarque
• remarquable

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• remarcher
• remercher
• remerquier

Verb

remarquer

1. to mark; to put a mark on
2. to remark; to notice

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of remarquer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		remarquer			avoir remarqué
gerund		en remarquant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		remarquant
past participle		remarqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	remarc	remarques	remarque	remarquons	remarquez	remarquent
	imperfect	remarquoie, remarqueie, remarquoe, remarqueve	remarquoies, remarqueies, remarquoes, remarqueves	remarquoit, remarqueit, remarquot, remarqueve	remarquiiens, remarquiens	remarquiiez, remarquiez	remarquoient, remarqueient, remarquoent, remarquevent
	preterite	remarquai	remarquas	remarqua	remarquames	remarquastes	remarquerent
	future	remarquerai	remarqueras	remarquera	remarquerons	remarqueroiz, remarquereiz, remarquerez	remarqueront
	conditional	remarqueroie, remarquereie	remarqueroies, remarquereies	remarqueroit, remarquereit	remarqueriiens, remarqueriens	remarqueriiez, remarqueriez	remarqueroient, remarquereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	remarc	remars	remart	remarquons	remarquez	remarquent
	imperfect	remarquasse	remarquasses	remarquast	remarquissons, remarquissiens	remarquissoiz, remarquissez, remarquissiez	remarquassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	remarque	—	remarquons	remarquez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: remarquer
  • French: remarquer
  • → English: remark