critiquer
English
Etymology
Noun
critiquer (plural critiquers)
- One who critiques.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁi.ti.ke/
- Homophones: critiquai, critiqué, critiquée, critiquées, critiqués, critiquez
Audio: (file)
Verb
critiquer
- to criticise
Conjugation
Conjugation of critiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | critiquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | critiquant /kʁi.ti.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | critiqué /kʁi.ti.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | critique /kʁi.tik/ |
critiques /kʁi.tik/ |
critique /kʁi.tik/ |
critiquons /kʁi.ti.kɔ̃/ |
critiquez /kʁi.ti.ke/ |
critiquent /kʁi.tik/ |
| imperfect | critiquais /kʁi.ti.kɛ/ |
critiquais /kʁi.ti.kɛ/ |
critiquait /kʁi.ti.kɛ/ |
critiquions /kʁi.ti.kjɔ̃/ |
critiquiez /kʁi.ti.kje/ |
critiquaient /kʁi.ti.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | critiquai /kʁi.ti.ke/ |
critiquas /kʁi.ti.ka/ |
critiqua /kʁi.ti.ka/ |
critiquâmes /kʁi.ti.kam/ |
critiquâtes /kʁi.ti.kat/ |
critiquèrent /kʁi.ti.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | critiquerai /kʁi.ti.kʁe/ |
critiqueras /kʁi.ti.kʁa/ |
critiquera /kʁi.ti.kʁa/ |
critiquerons /kʁi.ti.kʁɔ̃/ |
critiquerez /kʁi.ti.kʁe/ |
critiqueront /kʁi.ti.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | critiquerais /kʁi.ti.kʁɛ/ |
critiquerais /kʁi.ti.kʁɛ/ |
critiquerait /kʁi.ti.kʁɛ/ |
critiquerions /kʁi.ti.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
critiqueriez /kʁi.ti.kə.ʁje/ |
critiqueraient /kʁi.ti.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 | critique /kʁi.tik/ |
critiques /kʁi.tik/ |
critique /kʁi.tik/ |
critiquions /kʁi.ti.kjɔ̃/ |
critiquiez /kʁi.ti.kje/ |
critiquent /kʁi.tik/ |
| imperfect2 | critiquasse /kʁi.ti.kas/ |
critiquasses /kʁi.ti.kas/ |
critiquât /kʁi.ti.ka/ |
critiquassions /kʁi.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
critiquassiez /kʁi.ti.ka.sje/ |
critiquassent /kʁi.ti.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | critique /kʁi.tik/ |
— | critiquons /kʁi.ti.kɔ̃/ |
critiquez /kʁi.ti.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). | |||||||
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: kritike
Further reading
- “critiquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.