Etymology
From Middle French trac, from Old French trac (“a track, trace, a beaten path, course”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, train, procession, line or flourish with a pen, sketch”), from Old Dutch *trecken, from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”). More at track, trek.
Verb
traquer
- to track, follow
- to track down, hunt down; to hound
Conjugation
More information infinitive, simple ...
| traquer |
| avoir + past participle |
traquant
/tʁa.kɑ̃/ |
| ayant + past participle |
traqué
/tʁa.ke/ |
| indicative |
je (j’) |
tu |
il, elle, on |
nous |
vous |
ils, elles |
(simple
tenses) |
present |
traque
/tʁak/ |
traques
/tʁak/ |
traque
/tʁak/ |
traquons
/tʁa.kɔ̃/ |
traquez
/tʁa.ke/ |
traquent
/tʁak/ |
| imperfect |
traquais
/tʁa.kɛ/ |
traquais
/tʁa.kɛ/ |
traquait
/tʁa.kɛ/ |
traquions
/tʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
traquiez
/tʁa.kje/ |
traquaient
/tʁa.kɛ/ |
| past historic2 |
traquai
/tʁa.ke/ |
traquas
/tʁa.ka/ |
traqua
/tʁa.ka/ |
traquâmes
/tʁa.kam/ |
traquâtes
/tʁa.kat/ |
traquèrent
/tʁa.kɛʁ/ |
| future |
traquerai
/tʁa.kʁe/ |
traqueras
/tʁa.kʁa/ |
traquera
/tʁa.kʁa/ |
traquerons
/tʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
traquerez
/tʁa.kʁe/ |
traqueront
/tʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
| conditional |
traquerais
/tʁa.kʁɛ/ |
traquerais
/tʁa.kʁɛ/ |
traquerait
/tʁa.kʁɛ/ |
traquerions
/tʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
traqueriez
/tʁa.kə.ʁje/ |
traqueraient
/tʁa.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 |
traque
/tʁak/ |
traques
/tʁak/ |
traque
/tʁak/ |
traquions
/tʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
traquiez
/tʁa.kje/ |
traquent
/tʁak/ |
| imperfect2 |
traquasse
/tʁa.kas/ |
traquasses
/tʁa.kas/ |
traquât
/tʁa.ka/ |
traquassions
/tʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
traquassiez
/tʁa.ka.sje/ |
traquassent
/tʁa.kas/ |
(compound
tenses) |
past |
present subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| pluperfect2 |
imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| imperative |
– |
tu |
– |
nous |
vous |
– |
| simple |
— |
traque
/tʁak/ |
— |
traquons
/tʁa.kɔ̃/ |
traquez
/tʁa.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). |
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