invoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invocāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
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Verb

invoquer

  1. to invoke
  2. to call upon (God)

Conjugation

Conjugation of invoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple invoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple invoquant
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle invoqué
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoques
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoquons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ 		invoquez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/ 		invoquent
/ɛ̃.vɔk/
imperfect invoquais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ 		invoquais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ 		invoquait
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/ 		invoquions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		invoquiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/ 		invoquaient
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 invoquai
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/ 		invoquas
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ 		invoqua
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ 		invoquâmes
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kam/ 		invoquâtes
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kat/ 		invoquèrent
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛʁ/
future invoquerai
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ 		invoqueras
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ 		invoquera
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/ 		invoquerons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ 		invoquerez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/ 		invoqueront
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional invoquerais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ 		invoquerais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ 		invoquerait
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/ 		invoquerions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		invoqueriez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ 		invoqueraient
/ɛ̃.vɔ.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 invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoques
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		invoquions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		invoquiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/ 		invoquent
/ɛ̃.vɔk/
imperfect2 invoquasse
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/ 		invoquasses
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/ 		invoquât
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/ 		invoquassions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		invoquassiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sje/ 		invoquassent
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/ 		— invoquons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/ 		invoquez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.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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