arnaquer

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French

Etymology

Believed to originally stem from a Picard pronunciation of arnacher or harnacher (“to dress up ridiculously”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.na.ke/
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Verb

arnaquer

  1. (informal) to swindle, to dupe
  2. (informal) to cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of arnaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arnaquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arnaquant
/aʁ.na.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle arnaqué
/aʁ.na.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arnaque
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaques
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaque
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaquons
/aʁ.na.kɔ̃/ 		arnaquez
/aʁ.na.ke/ 		arnaquent
/aʁ.nak/
imperfect arnaquais
/aʁ.na.kɛ/ 		arnaquais
/aʁ.na.kɛ/ 		arnaquait
/aʁ.na.kɛ/ 		arnaquions
/aʁ.na.kjɔ̃/ 		arnaquiez
/aʁ.na.kje/ 		arnaquaient
/aʁ.na.kɛ/
past historic2 arnaquai
/aʁ.na.ke/ 		arnaquas
/aʁ.na.ka/ 		arnaqua
/aʁ.na.ka/ 		arnaquâmes
/aʁ.na.kam/ 		arnaquâtes
/aʁ.na.kat/ 		arnaquèrent
/aʁ.na.kɛʁ/
future arnaquerai
/aʁ.na.kʁe/ 		arnaqueras
/aʁ.na.kʁa/ 		arnaquera
/aʁ.na.kʁa/ 		arnaquerons
/aʁ.na.kʁɔ̃/ 		arnaquerez
/aʁ.na.kʁe/ 		arnaqueront
/aʁ.na.kʁɔ̃/
conditional arnaquerais
/aʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		arnaquerais
/aʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		arnaquerait
/aʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		arnaquerions
/aʁ.na.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		arnaqueriez
/aʁ.na.kə.ʁje/ 		arnaqueraient
/aʁ.na.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 arnaque
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaques
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaque
/aʁ.nak/ 		arnaquions
/aʁ.na.kjɔ̃/ 		arnaquiez
/aʁ.na.kje/ 		arnaquent
/aʁ.nak/
imperfect2 arnaquasse
/aʁ.na.kas/ 		arnaquasses
/aʁ.na.kas/ 		arnaquât
/aʁ.na.ka/ 		arnaquassions
/aʁ.na.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		arnaquassiez
/aʁ.na.ka.sje/ 		arnaquassent
/aʁ.na.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arnaque
/aʁ.nak/ 		— arnaquons
/aʁ.na.kɔ̃/ 		arnaquez
/aʁ.na.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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