étriquer
French
Etymology
From Middle French estriquer, borrowed from Middle Dutch striken (“to stroke, smooth”), from Old Dutch *strīcan. Cognate with English strike. Compare also Old French estrikier, estriquer (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tʁi.ke/
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Verb
étriquer
- to narrow
- 1947, Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours, Kindle edition:
- C’est drôle, dit Chick. On a l’impression que le monde s’étrique autour de soi.
- It's weird, says Chick. It feels like the world is collapsing around you.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of étriquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | étriquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | étriquant /e.tʁi.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | étriqué /e.tʁi.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | étrique /e.tʁik/ |
étriques /e.tʁik/ |
étrique /e.tʁik/ |
étriquons /e.tʁi.kɔ̃/ |
étriquez /e.tʁi.ke/ |
étriquent /e.tʁik/ |
| imperfect | étriquais /e.tʁi.kɛ/ |
étriquais /e.tʁi.kɛ/ |
étriquait /e.tʁi.kɛ/ |
étriquions /e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ |
étriquiez /e.tʁi.kje/ |
étriquaient /e.tʁi.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | étriquai /e.tʁi.ke/ |
étriquas /e.tʁi.ka/ |
étriqua /e.tʁi.ka/ |
étriquâmes /e.tʁi.kam/ |
étriquâtes /e.tʁi.kat/ |
étriquèrent /e.tʁi.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | étriquerai /e.tʁi.kʁe/ |
étriqueras /e.tʁi.kʁa/ |
étriquera /e.tʁi.kʁa/ |
étriquerons /e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/ |
étriquerez /e.tʁi.kʁe/ |
étriqueront /e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | étriquerais /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
étriquerais /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
étriquerait /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
étriquerions /e.tʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étriqueriez /e.tʁi.kə.ʁje/ |
étriqueraient /e.tʁi.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 | étrique /e.tʁik/ |
étriques /e.tʁik/ |
étrique /e.tʁik/ |
étriquions /e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ |
étriquiez /e.tʁi.kje/ |
étriquent /e.tʁik/ |
| imperfect2 | étriquasse /e.tʁi.kas/ |
étriquasses /e.tʁi.kas/ |
étriquât /e.tʁi.ka/ |
étriquassions /e.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
étriquassiez /e.tʁi.ka.sje/ |
étriquassent /e.tʁi.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | étrique /e.tʁik/ |
— | étriquons /e.tʁi.kɔ̃/ |
étriquez /e.tʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “étriquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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