cornaquer

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French

Etymology

From cornac (“elephant driver, guide”), borrowed from Portuguese cornaca, from Sinhalese කූරුව-නායක (kūruwa-nāyaka, “elephant trainer”), from කූරුව (kūruwa, “elephant department”) + Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔʁ.na.ke/
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Verb

cornaquer

  1. to guide, to serve as a guide
    • 2021 April 15, “En Provence, voler demeure un rêve d'enfants”, in La Provence, →ISSN, page 1:
      Les aéronefs légers se succédaient à toute vitesse, cornaqués par radio par la tour de contrôle, ils partaient voler au-dessus de la Sainte Victoire, des calanques, mettaient le cap sur la Corse ou les Hautes-Alpes.
      Light aircraft followed each other at full speed, guided by radio from the control tower, they left to fly over Sainte Victoire, creeks, they set course for Corsica or the Hautes-Alpes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cornaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cornaquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cornaquant
/kɔʁ.na.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cornaqué
/kɔʁ.na.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cornaque
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaques
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaque
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaquons
/kɔʁ.na.kɔ̃/ 		cornaquez
/kɔʁ.na.ke/ 		cornaquent
/kɔʁ.nak/
imperfect cornaquais
/kɔʁ.na.kɛ/ 		cornaquais
/kɔʁ.na.kɛ/ 		cornaquait
/kɔʁ.na.kɛ/ 		cornaquions
/kɔʁ.na.kjɔ̃/ 		cornaquiez
/kɔʁ.na.kje/ 		cornaquaient
/kɔʁ.na.kɛ/
past historic2 cornaquai
/kɔʁ.na.ke/ 		cornaquas
/kɔʁ.na.ka/ 		cornaqua
/kɔʁ.na.ka/ 		cornaquâmes
/kɔʁ.na.kam/ 		cornaquâtes
/kɔʁ.na.kat/ 		cornaquèrent
/kɔʁ.na.kɛʁ/
future cornaquerai
/kɔʁ.na.kʁe/ 		cornaqueras
/kɔʁ.na.kʁa/ 		cornaquera
/kɔʁ.na.kʁa/ 		cornaquerons
/kɔʁ.na.kʁɔ̃/ 		cornaquerez
/kɔʁ.na.kʁe/ 		cornaqueront
/kɔʁ.na.kʁɔ̃/
conditional cornaquerais
/kɔʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		cornaquerais
/kɔʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		cornaquerait
/kɔʁ.na.kʁɛ/ 		cornaquerions
/kɔʁ.na.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cornaqueriez
/kɔʁ.na.kə.ʁje/ 		cornaqueraient
/kɔʁ.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 cornaque
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaques
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaque
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		cornaquions
/kɔʁ.na.kjɔ̃/ 		cornaquiez
/kɔʁ.na.kje/ 		cornaquent
/kɔʁ.nak/
imperfect2 cornaquasse
/kɔʁ.na.kas/ 		cornaquasses
/kɔʁ.na.kas/ 		cornaquât
/kɔʁ.na.ka/ 		cornaquassions
/kɔʁ.na.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		cornaquassiez
/kɔʁ.na.ka.sje/ 		cornaquassent
/kɔʁ.na.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cornaque
/kɔʁ.nak/ 		— cornaquons
/kɔʁ.na.kɔ̃/ 		cornaquez
/kɔʁ.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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