marquer

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French

Etymology

From marque +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ.ke/
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Verb

marquer

  1. (transitive) to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)
    Marquer le papier.
    To mark the paper.
  2. (transitive) to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)
    Marquer la page dans le livre
    Mark a page in a book.
  3. (transitive) to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark)
    Marquer la peau avec du fer chaud.
    To mark/brand one's skin with hot iron.
  4. (transitive) to mark (to feature as a highlight of something)
    Ce projet va marquer l’avenir de la firme.
    This project will mark the company's future.
  5. (transitive, sports) to score (e.g. a point or a goal)
    Vous devez marquer trois buts si vous voulez gagner.
    You must score three goals if you want to win.

Conjugation

Conjugation of marquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple marquant
/maʁ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle marqué
/maʁ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present marque
/maʁk/ 		marques
/maʁk/ 		marque
/maʁk/ 		marquons
/maʁ.kɔ̃/ 		marquez
/maʁ.ke/ 		marquent
/maʁk/
imperfect marquais
/maʁ.kɛ/ 		marquais
/maʁ.kɛ/ 		marquait
/maʁ.kɛ/ 		marquions
/maʁ.kjɔ̃/ 		marquiez
/maʁ.kje/ 		marquaient
/maʁ.kɛ/
past historic2 marquai
/maʁ.ke/ 		marquas
/maʁ.ka/ 		marqua
/maʁ.ka/ 		marquâmes
/maʁ.kam/ 		marquâtes
/maʁ.kat/ 		marquèrent
/maʁ.kɛʁ/
future marquerai
/maʁ.kə.ʁe/ 		marqueras
/maʁ.kə.ʁa/ 		marquera
/maʁ.kə.ʁa/ 		marquerons
/maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ 		marquerez
/maʁ.kə.ʁe/ 		marqueront
/maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional marquerais
/maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		marquerais
/maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		marquerait
/maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		marquerions
/maʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		marqueriez
/maʁ.kə.ʁje/ 		marqueraient
/maʁ.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 marque
/maʁk/ 		marques
/maʁk/ 		marque
/maʁk/ 		marquions
/maʁ.kjɔ̃/ 		marquiez
/maʁ.kje/ 		marquent
/maʁk/
imperfect2 marquasse
/maʁ.kas/ 		marquasses
/maʁ.kas/ 		marquât
/maʁ.ka/ 		marquassions
/maʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		marquassiez
/maʁ.ka.sje/ 		marquassent
/maʁ.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — marque
/maʁk/ 		— marquons
/maʁ.kɔ̃/ 		marquez
/maʁ.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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