compliquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complicāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

compliquer

  1. to complicate
  2. to elaborate

Conjugation

Conjugation of compliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple compliquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple compliquant
/kɔ̃.pli.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle compliqué
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present complique
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		compliques
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		complique
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		compliquons
/kɔ̃.pli.kɔ̃/ 		compliquez
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/ 		compliquent
/kɔ̃.plik/
imperfect compliquais
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/ 		compliquais
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/ 		compliquait
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/ 		compliquions
/kɔ̃.pli.kjɔ̃/ 		compliquiez
/kɔ̃.pli.kje/ 		compliquaient
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛ/
past historic2 compliquai
/kɔ̃.pli.ke/ 		compliquas
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/ 		compliqua
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/ 		compliquâmes
/kɔ̃.pli.kam/ 		compliquâtes
/kɔ̃.pli.kat/ 		compliquèrent
/kɔ̃.pli.kɛʁ/
future compliquerai
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁe/ 		compliqueras
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁa/ 		compliquera
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁa/ 		compliquerons
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɔ̃/ 		compliquerez
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁe/ 		compliqueront
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɔ̃/
conditional compliquerais
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/ 		compliquerais
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/ 		compliquerait
/kɔ̃.pli.kʁɛ/ 		compliquerions
/kɔ̃.pli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		compliqueriez
/kɔ̃.pli.kə.ʁje/ 		compliqueraient
/kɔ̃.pli.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 complique
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		compliques
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		complique
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		compliquions
/kɔ̃.pli.kjɔ̃/ 		compliquiez
/kɔ̃.pli.kje/ 		compliquent
/kɔ̃.plik/
imperfect2 compliquasse
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/ 		compliquasses
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/ 		compliquât
/kɔ̃.pli.ka/ 		compliquassions
/kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		compliquassiez
/kɔ̃.pli.ka.sje/ 		compliquassent
/kɔ̃.pli.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — complique
/kɔ̃.plik/ 		— compliquons
/kɔ̃.pli.kɔ̃/ 		compliquez
/kɔ̃.pli.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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