flanquer

French

Etymology

From flanc +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

flanquer

  1. to flank, adjoin
  2. (colloquial) to fling, chuck
  3. (colloquial) to give
  4. to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right-hand man

Conjugation
Conjugation of flanquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flanquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flanquant
/flɑ̃.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flanqué
/flɑ̃.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present flanque
/flɑ̃k/		 flanques
/flɑ̃k/		 flanque
/flɑ̃k/		 flanquons
/flɑ̃.kɔ̃/		 flanquez
/flɑ̃.ke/		 flanquent
/flɑ̃k/
imperfect flanquais
/flɑ̃.kɛ/		 flanquais
/flɑ̃.kɛ/		 flanquait
/flɑ̃.kɛ/		 flanquions
/flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/		 flanquiez
/flɑ̃.kje/		 flanquaient
/flɑ̃.kɛ/
past historic2 flanquai
/flɑ̃.ke/		 flanquas
/flɑ̃.ka/		 flanqua
/flɑ̃.ka/		 flanquâmes
/flɑ̃.kam/		 flanquâtes
/flɑ̃.kat/		 flanquèrent
/flɑ̃.kɛʁ/
future flanquerai
/flɑ̃.kʁe/		 flanqueras
/flɑ̃.kʁa/		 flanquera
/flɑ̃.kʁa/		 flanquerons
/flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/		 flanquerez
/flɑ̃.kʁe/		 flanqueront
/flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/
conditional flanquerais
/flɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 flanquerais
/flɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 flanquerait
/flɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 flanquerions
/flɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 flanqueriez
/flɑ̃.kə.ʁje/		 flanqueraient
/flɑ̃.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 flanque
/flɑ̃k/		 flanques
/flɑ̃k/		 flanque
/flɑ̃k/		 flanquions
/flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/		 flanquiez
/flɑ̃.kje/		 flanquent
/flɑ̃k/
imperfect2 flanquasse
/flɑ̃.kas/		 flanquasses
/flɑ̃.kas/		 flanquât
/flɑ̃.ka/		 flanquassions
/flɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/		 flanquassiez
/flɑ̃.ka.sje/		 flanquassent
/flɑ̃.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flanque
/flɑ̃k/		 — flanquons
/flɑ̃.kɔ̃/		 flanquez
/flɑ̃.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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