inquiéter

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See also: inquieter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquietāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kje.te/
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Verb

inquiéter

  1. (transitive) to worry
    Cette nouvelle m’inquiète. ― This news worries me.
  2. (reflexive) to be worried, to worry
    Synonym: s’en faire
    Ne t’inquiète pas! ― Don't worry! (informal)
    Ne vous en inquiétez pas! ― Don't worry about it. (formal)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written inquiéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written inquièter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of inquiéter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple inquiéter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple inquiétant
/ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle inquiété
/ɛ̃.kje.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present inquiète
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiètes
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiète
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiétons
/ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ 		inquiétez
/ɛ̃.kje.te/ 		inquiètent
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/
imperfect inquiétais
/ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		inquiétais
/ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		inquiétait
/ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		inquiétions
/ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ 		inquiétiez
/ɛ̃.kje.tje/ 		inquiétaient
/ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/
past historic2 inquiétai
/ɛ̃.kje.te/ 		inquiétas
/ɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		inquiéta
/ɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		inquiétâmes
/ɛ̃.kje.tam/ 		inquiétâtes
/ɛ̃.kje.tat/ 		inquiétèrent
/ɛ̃.kje.tɛʁ/
future inquièterai or inquiéterai
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ 		inquièteras or inquiéteras
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ 		inquiètera or inquiétera
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ 		inquièterons or inquiéterons
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ 		inquièterez or inquiéterez
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ 		inquièteront or inquiéteront
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/
conditional inquièterais or inquiéterais
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		inquièterais or inquiéterais
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		inquièterait or inquiéterait
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		inquièterions or inquiéterions
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		inquièteriez or inquiéteriez
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁje/ 		inquièteraient or inquiéteraient
/ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/
(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 inquiète
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiètes
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiète
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		inquiétions
/ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ 		inquiétiez
/ɛ̃.kje.tje/ 		inquiètent
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/
imperfect2 inquiétasse
/ɛ̃.kje.tas/ 		inquiétasses
/ɛ̃.kje.tas/ 		inquiétât
/ɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		inquiétassions
/ɛ̃.kje.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		inquiétassiez
/ɛ̃.kje.ta.sje/ 		inquiétassent
/ɛ̃.kje.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — inquiète
/ɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		— inquiétons
/ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ 		inquiétez
/ɛ̃.kje.te/ 		—
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).

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written inquiéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written inquièter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of s'inquiéter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'inquiéter
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’inquiétant
/sɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle inquiété
/ɛ̃.kje.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’inquiète
/mɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		t’inquiètes
/tɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		s’inquiète
/sɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		nous inquiétons
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ 		vous inquiétez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.te/ 		s’inquiètent
/sɛ̃.kjɛt/
imperfect m’inquiétais
/mɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		t’inquiétais
/tɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		s’inquiétait
/sɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ 		nous inquiétions
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ 		vous inquiétiez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tje/ 		s’inquiétaient
/sɛ̃.kje.tɛ/
past historic2 m’inquiétai
/mɛ̃.kje.te/ 		t’inquiétas
/tɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		s’inquiéta
/sɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		nous inquiétâmes
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tam/ 		vous inquiétâtes
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tat/ 		s’inquiétèrent
/sɛ̃.kje.tɛʁ/
future m’inquièterai or m’inquiéterai
/mɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /mɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ 		t’inquièteras or t’inquiéteras
/tɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /tɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ 		s’inquiètera or s’inquiétera
/sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ 		nous inquièterons or nous inquiéterons
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ 		vous inquièterez or vous inquiéterez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ 		s’inquièteront or s’inquiéteront
/sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/
conditional m’inquièterais or m’inquiéterais
/mɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /mɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		t’inquièterais or t’inquiéterais
/tɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		s’inquièterait or s’inquiéterait
/sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ 		nous inquièterions or nous inquiéterions
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous inquièteriez or vous inquiéteriez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁje/ 		s’inquièteraient or s’inquiéteraient
/sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’inquiète
/mɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		t’inquiètes
/tɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		s’inquiète
/sɛ̃.kjɛt/ 		nous inquiétions
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ 		vous inquiétiez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tje/ 		s’inquiètent
/sɛ̃.kjɛt/
imperfect2 m’inquiétasse
/mɛ̃.kje.tas/ 		t’inquiétasses
/tɛ̃.kje.tas/ 		s’inquiétât
/sɛ̃.kje.ta/ 		nous inquiétassions
/nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		vous inquiétassiez
/vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.ta.sje/ 		s’inquiétassent
/sɛ̃.kje.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — inquiète-toi
/ɛ̃.kjɛt.twa/ 		— inquiétons-nous
/ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃.nu/ 		inquiétez-vous
/ɛ̃.kje.te.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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