flanquer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
flanquer
- to flank, adjoin
- (colloquial) to fling, chuck
- (colloquial) to give
- to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right-hand man
Conjugation
Conjugation of flanquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | flanquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flanquant /flɑ̃.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flanqué /flɑ̃.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanques /flɑ̃k/ |
flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/ |
flanquent /flɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect | flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquait /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ |
flanquaient /flɑ̃.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | flanquai /flɑ̃.ke/ |
flanquas /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanqua /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanquâmes /flɑ̃.kam/ |
flanquâtes /flɑ̃.kat/ |
flanquèrent /flɑ̃.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | flanquerai /flɑ̃.kʁe/ |
flanqueras /flɑ̃.kʁa/ |
flanquera /flɑ̃.kʁa/ |
flanquerons /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
flanquerez /flɑ̃.kʁe/ |
flanqueront /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerait /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerions /flɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flanqueriez /flɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ |
flanqueraient /flɑ̃.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 | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanques /flɑ̃k/ |
flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ |
flanquent /flɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect2 | flanquasse /flɑ̃.kas/ |
flanquasses /flɑ̃.kas/ |
flanquât /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanquassions /flɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
flanquassiez /flɑ̃.ka.sje/ |
flanquassent /flɑ̃.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
— | flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
flanquez /flɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- flanquer une tripotée
- flanqueur
Further reading
- “flanquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.