busquer
French
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
See busc.
Verb
busquer
- to busk (dress)
Conjugation
Conjugation of busquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | busquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | busquant /bys.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | busqué /bys.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | busque /bysk/ |
busques /bysk/ |
busque /bysk/ |
busquons /bys.kɔ̃/ |
busquez /bys.ke/ |
busquent /bysk/ |
| imperfect | busquais /bys.kɛ/ |
busquais /bys.kɛ/ |
busquait /bys.kɛ/ |
busquions /bys.kjɔ̃/ |
busquiez /bys.kje/ |
busquaient /bys.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | busquai /bys.ke/ |
busquas /bys.ka/ |
busqua /bys.ka/ |
busquâmes /bys.kam/ |
busquâtes /bys.kat/ |
busquèrent /bys.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | busquerai /bys.kə.ʁe/ |
busqueras /bys.kə.ʁa/ |
busquera /bys.kə.ʁa/ |
busquerons /bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
busquerez /bys.kə.ʁe/ |
busqueront /bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | busquerais /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerais /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerait /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerions /bys.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
busqueriez /bys.kə.ʁje/ |
busqueraient /bys.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 | busque /bysk/ |
busques /bysk/ |
busque /bysk/ |
busquions /bys.kjɔ̃/ |
busquiez /bys.kje/ |
busquent /bysk/ |
| imperfect2 | busquasse /bys.kas/ |
busquasses /bys.kas/ |
busquât /bys.ka/ |
busquassions /bys.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
busquassiez /bys.ka.sje/ |
busquassent /bys.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | busque /bysk/ |
— | busquons /bys.kɔ̃/ |
busquez /bys.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Spanish buscar, from Old Spanish buscar, boscar (“to seek, collect wood”), from Vulgar Latin *buscum (“wood”), from Frankish *busk (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“wood, bush”). Doublet of bois and bûche.
Verb
busquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of busquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | busquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | busquant /bys.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | busqué /bys.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | busque /bysk/ |
busques /bysk/ |
busque /bysk/ |
busquons /bys.kɔ̃/ |
busquez /bys.ke/ |
busquent /bysk/ |
| imperfect | busquais /bys.kɛ/ |
busquais /bys.kɛ/ |
busquait /bys.kɛ/ |
busquions /bys.kjɔ̃/ |
busquiez /bys.kje/ |
busquaient /bys.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | busquai /bys.ke/ |
busquas /bys.ka/ |
busqua /bys.ka/ |
busquâmes /bys.kam/ |
busquâtes /bys.kat/ |
busquèrent /bys.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | busquerai /bys.kə.ʁe/ |
busqueras /bys.kə.ʁa/ |
busquera /bys.kə.ʁa/ |
busquerons /bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
busquerez /bys.kə.ʁe/ |
busqueront /bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | busquerais /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerais /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerait /bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
busquerions /bys.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
busqueriez /bys.kə.ʁje/ |
busqueraient /bys.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 | busque /bysk/ |
busques /bysk/ |
busque /bysk/ |
busquions /bys.kjɔ̃/ |
busquiez /bys.kje/ |
busquent /bysk/ |
| imperfect2 | busquasse /bys.kas/ |
busquasses /bys.kas/ |
busquât /bys.ka/ |
busquassions /bys.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
busquassiez /bys.ka.sje/ |
busquassent /bys.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | busque /bysk/ |
— | busquons /bys.kɔ̃/ |
busquez /bys.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “busquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.