casquer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.ke/
Etymology 1
From Italian cascare (“to fall”). Sense 2 is a development of sense 1.
Verb
casquer
- (intransitive) to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance
- (ambitransitive) to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)
Etymology 2
From casque, perhaps influenced by an analysis of casqué (which predates casquer) as a past participle.
Verb
casquer
- (transitive) to cover with (something resembling) a helmet
- (reflexive) to put on (something resembling) a helmet
Conjugation
Conjugation of casquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | casquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | casquant /kas.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | casqué /kas.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | casque /kask/ |
casques /kask/ |
casque /kask/ |
casquons /kas.kɔ̃/ |
casquez /kas.ke/ |
casquent /kask/ |
| imperfect | casquais /kas.kɛ/ |
casquais /kas.kɛ/ |
casquait /kas.kɛ/ |
casquions /kas.kjɔ̃/ |
casquiez /kas.kje/ |
casquaient /kas.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | casquai /kas.ke/ |
casquas /kas.ka/ |
casqua /kas.ka/ |
casquâmes /kas.kam/ |
casquâtes /kas.kat/ |
casquèrent /kas.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | casquerai /kas.kə.ʁe/ |
casqueras /kas.kə.ʁa/ |
casquera /kas.kə.ʁa/ |
casquerons /kas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
casquerez /kas.kə.ʁe/ |
casqueront /kas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | casquerais /kas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
casquerais /kas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
casquerait /kas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
casquerions /kas.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
casqueriez /kas.kə.ʁje/ |
casqueraient /kas.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 | casque /kask/ |
casques /kask/ |
casque /kask/ |
casquions /kas.kjɔ̃/ |
casquiez /kas.kje/ |
casquent /kask/ |
| imperfect2 | casquasse /kas.kas/ |
casquasses /kas.kas/ |
casquât /kas.ka/ |
casquassions /kas.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
casquassiez /kas.ka.sje/ |
casquassent /kas.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | casque /kask/ |
— | casquons /kas.kɔ̃/ |
casquez /kas.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “casquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.