sophistiquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sophisticāre (“to trick, falsify, corrupt”). The sense "to make more complex" is probably due to later developments in sophistiqué, influenced by changes in sense in English sophisticated.

Pronunciation

Verb

sophistiquer

  1. (dated) to falsify
  2. (dated) to corrupt
  3. (intransitive) (rare) to use sophistic arguments
  4. to render more sophisticated

Conjugation

Conjugation of sophistiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sophistiquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sophistiquant
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sophistiqué
/sɔ.fis.ti.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sophistique
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistiques
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistique
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistiquons
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɔ̃/ 		sophistiquez
/sɔ.fis.ti.ke/ 		sophistiquent
/sɔ.fis.tik/
imperfect sophistiquais
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɛ/ 		sophistiquais
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɛ/ 		sophistiquait
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɛ/ 		sophistiquions
/sɔ.fis.ti.kjɔ̃/ 		sophistiquiez
/sɔ.fis.ti.kje/ 		sophistiquaient
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɛ/
past historic2 sophistiquai
/sɔ.fis.ti.ke/ 		sophistiquas
/sɔ.fis.ti.ka/ 		sophistiqua
/sɔ.fis.ti.ka/ 		sophistiquâmes
/sɔ.fis.ti.kam/ 		sophistiquâtes
/sɔ.fis.ti.kat/ 		sophistiquèrent
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɛʁ/
future sophistiquerai
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁe/ 		sophistiqueras
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁa/ 		sophistiquera
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁa/ 		sophistiquerons
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁɔ̃/ 		sophistiquerez
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁe/ 		sophistiqueront
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁɔ̃/
conditional sophistiquerais
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁɛ/ 		sophistiquerais
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁɛ/ 		sophistiquerait
/sɔ.fis.ti.kʁɛ/ 		sophistiquerions
/sɔ.fis.ti.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sophistiqueriez
/sɔ.fis.ti.kə.ʁje/ 		sophistiqueraient
/sɔ.fis.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 sophistique
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistiques
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistique
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		sophistiquions
/sɔ.fis.ti.kjɔ̃/ 		sophistiquiez
/sɔ.fis.ti.kje/ 		sophistiquent
/sɔ.fis.tik/
imperfect2 sophistiquasse
/sɔ.fis.ti.kas/ 		sophistiquasses
/sɔ.fis.ti.kas/ 		sophistiquât
/sɔ.fis.ti.ka/ 		sophistiquassions
/sɔ.fis.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		sophistiquassiez
/sɔ.fis.ti.ka.sje/ 		sophistiquassent
/sɔ.fis.ti.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sophistique
/sɔ.fis.tik/ 		— sophistiquons
/sɔ.fis.ti.kɔ̃/ 		sophistiquez
/sɔ.fis.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:
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).

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: sofisticar

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