bloquer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔ.ke/
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Verb

bloquer

  1. to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
    Un arbre bloque le passage.
    A tree is blocking the passage.
  2. to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
  3. to freeze (e.g. prices)
    Les agriculteurs souhaitent bloquer le prix de leur blé.
    The farmers are wishing to block the price of their wheat.
  4. to defeat
    Ils doivent bloquer ses adversaires.
    They must defeat their opponents.
  5. to block, to impede, to hinder
    L’adrénaline peut ralentir ou bloquer le travail.
    Adrenaline can slow down or impede work.
  6. (reflexive, of a computer program) to freeze, to lock up
  7. (reflexive) to become jammed
  8. (reflexive) to retreat

Conjugation

Conjugation of bloquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bloquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bloquant
/blɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bloqué
/blɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bloque
/blɔk/ 		bloques
/blɔk/ 		bloque
/blɔk/ 		bloquons
/blɔ.kɔ̃/ 		bloquez
/blɔ.ke/ 		bloquent
/blɔk/
imperfect bloquais
/blɔ.kɛ/ 		bloquais
/blɔ.kɛ/ 		bloquait
/blɔ.kɛ/ 		bloquions
/blɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		bloquiez
/blɔ.kje/ 		bloquaient
/blɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 bloquai
/blɔ.ke/ 		bloquas
/blɔ.ka/ 		bloqua
/blɔ.ka/ 		bloquâmes
/blɔ.kam/ 		bloquâtes
/blɔ.kat/ 		bloquèrent
/blɔ.kɛʁ/
future bloquerai
/blɔ.kʁe/ 		bloqueras
/blɔ.kʁa/ 		bloquera
/blɔ.kʁa/ 		bloquerons
/blɔ.kʁɔ̃/ 		bloquerez
/blɔ.kʁe/ 		bloqueront
/blɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional bloquerais
/blɔ.kʁɛ/ 		bloquerais
/blɔ.kʁɛ/ 		bloquerait
/blɔ.kʁɛ/ 		bloquerions
/blɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bloqueriez
/blɔ.kə.ʁje/ 		bloqueraient
/blɔ.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 bloque
/blɔk/ 		bloques
/blɔk/ 		bloque
/blɔk/ 		bloquions
/blɔ.kjɔ̃/ 		bloquiez
/blɔ.kje/ 		bloquent
/blɔk/
imperfect2 bloquasse
/blɔ.kas/ 		bloquasses
/blɔ.kas/ 		bloquât
/blɔ.ka/ 		bloquassions
/blɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		bloquassiez
/blɔ.ka.sje/ 		bloquassent
/blɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bloque
/blɔk/ 		— bloquons
/blɔ.kɔ̃/ 		bloquez
/blɔ.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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: blockieren
  • → Galician: bloquear
  • → Romanian: bloca
  • → Spanish: bloquear

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