prévariquer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/
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Verb

prévariquer

  1. to fail in one's duty, to be derelict in one's duty
    Synonym: manquer à son devoir

Conjugation
Conjugation of prévariquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prévariquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prévariquant
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prévariqué
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévariques
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévariquons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɔ̃/		 prévariquez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/		 prévariquent
/pʁe.va.ʁik/
imperfect prévariquais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/		 prévariquais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/		 prévariquait
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/		 prévariquions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kjɔ̃/		 prévariquiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kje/		 prévariquaient
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛ/
past historic2 prévariquai
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ke/		 prévariquas
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/		 prévariqua
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/		 prévariquâmes
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kam/		 prévariquâtes
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kat/		 prévariquèrent
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɛʁ/
future prévariquerai
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁe/		 prévariqueras
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁa/		 prévariquera
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁa/		 prévariquerons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɔ̃/		 prévariquerez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁe/		 prévariqueront
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɔ̃/
conditional prévariquerais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/		 prévariquerais
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/		 prévariquerait
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kʁɛ/		 prévariquerions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 prévariqueriez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kə.ʁje/		 prévariqueraient
/pʁe.va.ʁi.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 prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévariques
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 prévariquions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kjɔ̃/		 prévariquiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kje/		 prévariquent
/pʁe.va.ʁik/
imperfect2 prévariquasse
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/		 prévariquasses
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/		 prévariquât
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka/		 prévariquassions
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/		 prévariquassiez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sje/		 prévariquassent
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prévarique
/pʁe.va.ʁik/		 — prévariquons
/pʁe.va.ʁi.kɔ̃/		 prévariquez
/pʁe.va.ʁi.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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