From arc + -er or Vulgar Latin *arcārius, from Latin arcuārius, from arcus (“bow”) + -arius (relational suffix). Compare Occitan arquièr and Spanish arquero.
arquer m (plural arquers, feminine arquera)
From arc + -er. The c becomes qu to keep the /k/ sound intact.
arquer
| infinitive | simple | arquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | arquant /aʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | arqué /aʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | arque /aʁk/ |
arques /aʁk/ |
arque /aʁk/ |
arquons /aʁ.kɔ̃/ |
arquez /aʁ.ke/ |
arquent /aʁk/ |
| imperfect | arquais /aʁ.kɛ/ |
arquais /aʁ.kɛ/ |
arquait /aʁ.kɛ/ |
arquions /aʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
arquiez /aʁ.kje/ |
arquaient /aʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | arquai /aʁ.ke/ |
arquas /aʁ.ka/ |
arqua /aʁ.ka/ |
arquâmes /aʁ.kam/ |
arquâtes /aʁ.kat/ |
arquèrent /aʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | arquerai /aʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
arqueras /aʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
arquera /aʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
arquerons /aʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
arquerez /aʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
arqueront /aʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | arquerais /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
arquerais /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
arquerait /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
arquerions /aʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arqueriez /aʁ.kə.ʁje/ |
arqueraient /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | arque /aʁk/ |
arques /aʁk/ |
arque /aʁk/ |
arquions /aʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
arquiez /aʁ.kje/ |
arquent /aʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | arquasse /aʁ.kas/ |
arquasses /aʁ.kas/ |
arquât /aʁ.ka/ |
arquassions /aʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
arquassiez /aʁ.ka.sje/ |
arquassent /aʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | arque /aʁk/ |
— | arquons /aʁ.kɔ̃/ |
arquez /aʁ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||