suffoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.fɔ.ke/
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Verb

suffoquer

  1. (ambitransitive) to suffocate

Conjugation

Conjugation of suffoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple suffoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple suffoquant
/sy.fɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle suffoqué
/sy.fɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present suffoque
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoques
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoque
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoquons
/sy.fɔ.kɔ̃/ 		suffoquez
/sy.fɔ.ke/ 		suffoquent
/sy.fɔk/
imperfect suffoquais
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/ 		suffoquais
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/ 		suffoquait
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/ 		suffoquions
/sy.fɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		suffoquiez
/sy.fɔ.kje/ 		suffoquaient
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 suffoquai
/sy.fɔ.ke/ 		suffoquas
/sy.fɔ.ka/ 		suffoqua
/sy.fɔ.ka/ 		suffoquâmes
/sy.fɔ.kam/ 		suffoquâtes
/sy.fɔ.kat/ 		suffoquèrent
/sy.fɔ.kɛʁ/
future suffoquerai
/sy.fɔ.kʁe/ 		suffoqueras
/sy.fɔ.kʁa/ 		suffoquera
/sy.fɔ.kʁa/ 		suffoquerons
/sy.fɔ.kʁɔ̃/ 		suffoquerez
/sy.fɔ.kʁe/ 		suffoqueront
/sy.fɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional suffoquerais
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/ 		suffoquerais
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/ 		suffoquerait
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/ 		suffoquerions
/sy.fɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		suffoqueriez
/sy.fɔ.kə.ʁje/ 		suffoqueraient
/sy.fɔ.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 suffoque
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoques
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoque
/sy.fɔk/ 		suffoquions
/sy.fɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		suffoquiez
/sy.fɔ.kje/ 		suffoquent
/sy.fɔk/
imperfect2 suffoquasse
/sy.fɔ.kas/ 		suffoquasses
/sy.fɔ.kas/ 		suffoquât
/sy.fɔ.ka/ 		suffoquassions
/sy.fɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		suffoquassiez
/sy.fɔ.ka.sje/ 		suffoquassent
/sy.fɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — suffoque
/sy.fɔk/ 		— suffoquons
/sy.fɔ.kɔ̃/ 		suffoquez
/sy.fɔ.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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