briquer

French

Etymology

From brique +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁi.ke/
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Verb

briquer

  1. (transitive) to scrub, polish

Conjugation

Conjugation of briquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple briquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple briquant
/bʁi.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle briqué
/bʁi.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present brique
/bʁik/ 		briques
/bʁik/ 		brique
/bʁik/ 		briquons
/bʁi.kɔ̃/ 		briquez
/bʁi.ke/ 		briquent
/bʁik/
imperfect briquais
/bʁi.kɛ/ 		briquais
/bʁi.kɛ/ 		briquait
/bʁi.kɛ/ 		briquions
/bʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		briquiez
/bʁi.kje/ 		briquaient
/bʁi.kɛ/
past historic2 briquai
/bʁi.ke/ 		briquas
/bʁi.ka/ 		briqua
/bʁi.ka/ 		briquâmes
/bʁi.kam/ 		briquâtes
/bʁi.kat/ 		briquèrent
/bʁi.kɛʁ/
future briquerai
/bʁi.kʁe/ 		briqueras
/bʁi.kʁa/ 		briquera
/bʁi.kʁa/ 		briquerons
/bʁi.kʁɔ̃/ 		briquerez
/bʁi.kʁe/ 		briqueront
/bʁi.kʁɔ̃/
conditional briquerais
/bʁi.kʁɛ/ 		briquerais
/bʁi.kʁɛ/ 		briquerait
/bʁi.kʁɛ/ 		briquerions
/bʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		briqueriez
/bʁi.kə.ʁje/ 		briqueraient
/bʁi.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 brique
/bʁik/ 		briques
/bʁik/ 		brique
/bʁik/ 		briquions
/bʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		briquiez
/bʁi.kje/ 		briquent
/bʁik/
imperfect2 briquasse
/bʁi.kas/ 		briquasses
/bʁi.kas/ 		briquât
/bʁi.ka/ 		briquassions
/bʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		briquassiez
/bʁi.ka.sje/ 		briquassent
/bʁi.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brique
/bʁik/ 		— briquons
/bʁi.kɔ̃/ 		briquez
/bʁi.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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