masquer
English
Etymology
Noun
masquer (plural masquers)
- One who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
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Pronunciation
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Verb
masquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of masquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | masquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | masquant /mas.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | masqué /mas.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | masque /mask/ |
masques /mask/ |
masque /mask/ |
masquons /mas.kɔ̃/ |
masquez /mas.ke/ |
masquent /mask/ |
| imperfect | masquais /mas.kɛ/ |
masquais /mas.kɛ/ |
masquait /mas.kɛ/ |
masquions /mas.kjɔ̃/ |
masquiez /mas.kje/ |
masquaient /mas.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | masquai /mas.ke/ |
masquas /mas.ka/ |
masqua /mas.ka/ |
masquâmes /mas.kam/ |
masquâtes /mas.kat/ |
masquèrent /mas.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | masquerai /mas.kə.ʁe/ |
masqueras /mas.kə.ʁa/ |
masquera /mas.kə.ʁa/ |
masquerons /mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
masquerez /mas.kə.ʁe/ |
masqueront /mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | masquerais /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
masquerais /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
masquerait /mas.kə.ʁɛ/ |
masquerions /mas.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
masqueriez /mas.kə.ʁje/ |
masqueraient /mas.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 | masque /mask/ |
masques /mask/ |
masque /mask/ |
masquions /mas.kjɔ̃/ |
masquiez /mas.kje/ |
masquent /mask/ |
| imperfect2 | masquasse /mas.kas/ |
masquasses /mas.kas/ |
masquât /mas.ka/ |
masquassions /mas.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
masquassiez /mas.ka.sje/ |
masquassent /mas.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | masque /mask/ |
— | masquons /mas.kɔ̃/ |
masquez /mas.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
- “masquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.