choquer

French

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.
Old French choquer
Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.
Picard chuquier / çukerbor.
Middle French chocquer
French choquer

    Inherited from Middle French chocquer (“to clash in battle, shock, offend, hurt”), from Old French choquer (“to strike against”) and Picard chuquier, çuker (“to collide in battle, knock”), both of Germanic origin, possibly from Frankish *skokkōn.

    Cognate with Old High German scoc (“jolt, shock, swing”), Middle High German schucken, schocken (“to hit, bump, deliver a blow to”), Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt”), and English shock.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃɔ.ke/
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    Verb

    choquer

    1. to hit, to collide
    2. to shock (surprise, startle)
    3. (Quebec) to offend, to anger (especially in reflexive)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of choquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple choquer
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple choquant
    /ʃɔ.kɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle choqué
    /ʃɔ.ke/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present choque
    /ʃɔk/     		choques
    /ʃɔk/     		choque
    /ʃɔk/     		choquons
    /ʃɔ.kɔ̃/     		choquez
    /ʃɔ.ke/     		choquent
    /ʃɔk/
    imperfect choquais
    /ʃɔ.kɛ/     		choquais
    /ʃɔ.kɛ/     		choquait
    /ʃɔ.kɛ/     		choquions
    /ʃɔ.kjɔ̃/     		choquiez
    /ʃɔ.kje/     		choquaient
    /ʃɔ.kɛ/
    past historic2 choquai
    /ʃɔ.ke/     		choquas
    /ʃɔ.ka/     		choqua
    /ʃɔ.ka/     		choquâmes
    /ʃɔ.kam/     		choquâtes
    /ʃɔ.kat/     		choquèrent
    /ʃɔ.kɛʁ/
    future choquerai
    /ʃɔ.kʁe/     		choqueras
    /ʃɔ.kʁa/     		choquera
    /ʃɔ.kʁa/     		choquerons
    /ʃɔ.kʁɔ̃/     		choquerez
    /ʃɔ.kʁe/     		choqueront
    /ʃɔ.kʁɔ̃/
    conditional choquerais
    /ʃɔ.kʁɛ/     		choquerais
    /ʃɔ.kʁɛ/     		choquerait
    /ʃɔ.kʁɛ/     		choquerions
    /ʃɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/     		choqueriez
    /ʃɔ.kə.ʁje/     		choqueraient
    /ʃɔ.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 choque
    /ʃɔk/     		choques
    /ʃɔk/     		choque
    /ʃɔk/     		choquions
    /ʃɔ.kjɔ̃/     		choquiez
    /ʃɔ.kje/     		choquent
    /ʃɔk/
    imperfect2 choquasse
    /ʃɔ.kas/     		choquasses
    /ʃɔ.kas/     		choquât
    /ʃɔ.ka/     		choquassions
    /ʃɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/     		choquassiez
    /ʃɔ.ka.sje/     		choquassent
    /ʃɔ.kas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — choque
    /ʃɔk/     		— choquons
    /ʃɔ.kɔ̃/     		choquez
    /ʃɔ.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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