briquer

French

Etymology

From brique +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁi.ke/
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Verb

briquer

  1. (transitive) to scrub, polish

Conjugation
Conjugation of briquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple briquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple briquant
/bʁi.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle briqué
/bʁi.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present brique
/bʁik/		 briques
/bʁik/		 brique
/bʁik/		 briquons
/bʁi.kɔ̃/		 briquez
/bʁi.ke/		 briquent
/bʁik/
imperfect briquais
/bʁi.kɛ/		 briquais
/bʁi.kɛ/		 briquait
/bʁi.kɛ/		 briquions
/bʁi.kjɔ̃/		 briquiez
/bʁi.kje/		 briquaient
/bʁi.kɛ/
past historic2 briquai
/bʁi.ke/		 briquas
/bʁi.ka/		 briqua
/bʁi.ka/		 briquâmes
/bʁi.kam/		 briquâtes
/bʁi.kat/		 briquèrent
/bʁi.kɛʁ/
future briquerai
/bʁi.kʁe/		 briqueras
/bʁi.kʁa/		 briquera
/bʁi.kʁa/		 briquerons
/bʁi.kʁɔ̃/		 briquerez
/bʁi.kʁe/		 briqueront
/bʁi.kʁɔ̃/
conditional briquerais
/bʁi.kʁɛ/		 briquerais
/bʁi.kʁɛ/		 briquerait
/bʁi.kʁɛ/		 briquerions
/bʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 briqueriez
/bʁi.kə.ʁje/		 briqueraient
/bʁi.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 brique
/bʁik/		 briques
/bʁik/		 brique
/bʁik/		 briquions
/bʁi.kjɔ̃/		 briquiez
/bʁi.kje/		 briquent
/bʁik/
imperfect2 briquasse
/bʁi.kas/		 briquasses
/bʁi.kas/		 briquât
/bʁi.ka/		 briquassions
/bʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/		 briquassiez
/bʁi.ka.sje/		 briquassent
/bʁi.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brique
/bʁik/		 — briquons
/bʁi.kɔ̃/		 briquez
/bʁi.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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