conquérir

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See also: conquerir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conquerre (under the influence of quérir), from Latin conquaerere, from conquirere, present active infinitive of conquirō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ke.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

conquérir

  1. (transitive) to conquer, to capture
  2. (transitive) to win, to win over

Conjugation

Conjugation of conquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conquérir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple conquérant
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conquis
/kɔ̃.ki/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present conquiers
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquiers
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquiert
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquérons
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		conquérez
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		conquièrent
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/
imperfect conquérais
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquérais
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquérait
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquérions
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conquériez
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		conquéraient
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/
past historic2 conquis
/kɔ̃.ki/ 		conquis
/kɔ̃.ki/ 		conquit
/kɔ̃.ki/ 		conquîmes
/kɔ̃.kim/ 		conquîtes
/kɔ̃.kit/ 		conquirent
/kɔ̃.kiʁ/
future conquerrai
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		conquerras
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁa/ 		conquerra
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁa/ 		conquerrons
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		conquerrez
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		conquerront
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/
conditional conquerrais
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquerrais
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquerrait
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		conquerrions
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conquerriez
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		conquerraient
/kɔ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ke.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 conquière
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquières
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquière
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		conquérions
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conquériez
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		conquièrent
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/
imperfect2 conquisse
/kɔ̃.kis/ 		conquisses
/kɔ̃.kis/ 		conquît
/kɔ̃.ki/ 		conquissions
/kɔ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		conquissiez
/kɔ̃.ki.sje/ 		conquissent
/kɔ̃.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conquiers
/kɔ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		— conquérons
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		conquérez
/kɔ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		—
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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