provoquer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French provoquer, from Old French provoker, provoquer, borrowed from Latin prōvocāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
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Verb

provoquer

  1. to provoke, bring on, bring about

Conjugation
Conjugation of provoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple provoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple provoquant
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle provoqué
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present provoque
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoques
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoque
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoquons
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 provoquez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/		 provoquent
/pʁɔ.vɔk/
imperfect provoquais
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/		 provoquais
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/		 provoquait
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/		 provoquions
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 provoquiez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/		 provoquaient
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 provoquai
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ke/		 provoquas
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/		 provoqua
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/		 provoquâmes
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kam/		 provoquâtes
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kat/		 provoquèrent
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɛʁ/
future provoquerai
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/		 provoqueras
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/		 provoquera
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁa/		 provoquerons
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 provoquerez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁe/		 provoqueront
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional provoquerais
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 provoquerais
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 provoquerait
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 provoquerions
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 provoqueriez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kə.ʁje/		 provoqueraient
/pʁɔ.vɔ.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 provoque
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoques
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoque
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 provoquions
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 provoquiez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kje/		 provoquent
/pʁɔ.vɔk/
imperfect2 provoquasse
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/		 provoquasses
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/		 provoquât
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ka/		 provoquassions
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 provoquassiez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sje/		 provoquassent
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — provoque
/pʁɔ.vɔk/		 — provoquons
/pʁɔ.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 provoquez
/pʁɔ.vɔ.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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