attaquer

French

Etymology

From Italian attacco (“an attack”). Doublet of attacher.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ta.ke/
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Verb

attaquer

  1. (transitive) to attack

Conjugation
Conjugation of attaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple attaquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attaquant
/a.ta.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attaqué
/a.ta.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present attaque
/a.tak/		 attaques
/a.tak/		 attaque
/a.tak/		 attaquons
/a.ta.kɔ̃/		 attaquez
/a.ta.ke/		 attaquent
/a.tak/
imperfect attaquais
/a.ta.kɛ/		 attaquais
/a.ta.kɛ/		 attaquait
/a.ta.kɛ/		 attaquions
/a.ta.kjɔ̃/		 attaquiez
/a.ta.kje/		 attaquaient
/a.ta.kɛ/
past historic2 attaquai
/a.ta.ke/		 attaquas
/a.ta.ka/		 attaqua
/a.ta.ka/		 attaquâmes
/a.ta.kam/		 attaquâtes
/a.ta.kat/		 attaquèrent
/a.ta.kɛʁ/
future attaquerai
/a.ta.kʁe/		 attaqueras
/a.ta.kʁa/		 attaquera
/a.ta.kʁa/		 attaquerons
/a.ta.kʁɔ̃/		 attaquerez
/a.ta.kʁe/		 attaqueront
/a.ta.kʁɔ̃/
conditional attaquerais
/a.ta.kʁɛ/		 attaquerais
/a.ta.kʁɛ/		 attaquerait
/a.ta.kʁɛ/		 attaquerions
/a.ta.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 attaqueriez
/a.ta.kə.ʁje/		 attaqueraient
/a.ta.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 attaque
/a.tak/		 attaques
/a.tak/		 attaque
/a.tak/		 attaquions
/a.ta.kjɔ̃/		 attaquiez
/a.ta.kje/		 attaquent
/a.tak/
imperfect2 attaquasse
/a.ta.kas/		 attaquasses
/a.ta.kas/		 attaquât
/a.ta.ka/		 attaquassions
/a.ta.ka.sjɔ̃/		 attaquassiez
/a.ta.ka.sje/		 attaquassent
/a.ta.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attaque
/a.tak/		 — attaquons
/a.ta.kɔ̃/		 attaquez
/a.ta.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).

Descendants
  • → German: attackieren
  • → Romanian: ataca

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