provoquer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French provoquer, from Old French provoker, provoquer, borrowed from Latin prōvocāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
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Verb
provoquer
- to provoke, bring on, bring about
Conjugation
Conjugation of provoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | provoquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | provoquant /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | provoqué /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
provoquez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect | provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ |
provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ |
provoquaient /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | provoquai /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/ |
provoquas /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoqua /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoquâmes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kam/ |
provoquâtes /pʁɔ.vɔ.kat/ |
provoquèrent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | provoquerai /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ |
provoqueras /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ |
provoquera /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/ |
provoquerons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
provoquerez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/ |
provoqueront /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerais /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerait /pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
provoquerions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
provoqueriez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
provoqueraient /pʁɔ.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 | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoques /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
provoquions /pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
provoquiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/ |
provoquent /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
| imperfect2 | provoquasse /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ |
provoquasses /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ |
provoquât /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/ |
provoquassions /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
provoquassiez /pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sje/ |
provoquassent /pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | provoque /pʁɔ.vɔk/ |
— | provoquons /pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
provoquez /pʁɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “provoquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.