gnoquer

French

Etymology

From the French translation of grok used in Stranger in a Strange Land.

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

gnoquer

  1. (transitive) to grok
    • 1970, Frank Straschitz, En Terre étrangère, 1999 ed., →ISBN, p. 70 (translated from English: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein)
      Smith s’était arrêté au bord du tapis de gazon et regardait ce qui l’entourait. C’était trop nouveau pour pouvoir être gnoqué immédiatement, mais cela lui plut.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of gnoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gnoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gnoquant
/ɲɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gnoqué
/ɲɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gnoque
/ɲɔk/		 gnoques
/ɲɔk/		 gnoque
/ɲɔk/		 gnoquons
/ɲɔ.kɔ̃/		 gnoquez
/ɲɔ.ke/		 gnoquent
/ɲɔk/
imperfect gnoquais
/ɲɔ.kɛ/		 gnoquais
/ɲɔ.kɛ/		 gnoquait
/ɲɔ.kɛ/		 gnoquions
/ɲɔ.kjɔ̃/		 gnoquiez
/ɲɔ.kje/		 gnoquaient
/ɲɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 gnoquai
/ɲɔ.ke/		 gnoquas
/ɲɔ.ka/		 gnoqua
/ɲɔ.ka/		 gnoquâmes
/ɲɔ.kam/		 gnoquâtes
/ɲɔ.kat/		 gnoquèrent
/ɲɔ.kɛʁ/
future gnoquerai
/ɲɔ.kʁe/		 gnoqueras
/ɲɔ.kʁa/		 gnoquera
/ɲɔ.kʁa/		 gnoquerons
/ɲɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 gnoquerez
/ɲɔ.kʁe/		 gnoqueront
/ɲɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional gnoquerais
/ɲɔ.kʁɛ/		 gnoquerais
/ɲɔ.kʁɛ/		 gnoquerait
/ɲɔ.kʁɛ/		 gnoquerions
/ɲɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gnoqueriez
/ɲɔ.kə.ʁje/		 gnoqueraient
/ɲɔ.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 gnoque
/ɲɔk/		 gnoques
/ɲɔk/		 gnoque
/ɲɔk/		 gnoquions
/ɲɔ.kjɔ̃/		 gnoquiez
/ɲɔ.kje/		 gnoquent
/ɲɔk/
imperfect2 gnoquasse
/ɲɔ.kas/		 gnoquasses
/ɲɔ.kas/		 gnoquât
/ɲɔ.ka/		 gnoquassions
/ɲɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 gnoquassiez
/ɲɔ.ka.sje/		 gnoquassent
/ɲɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gnoque
/ɲɔk/		 — gnoquons
/ɲɔ.kɔ̃/		 gnoquez
/ɲɔ.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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