masquer

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English

Etymology

From masque +‎ -er.

Noun

masquer (plural masquers)

  1. One who appears in disguise at a masquerade.

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French

Etymology

From masque +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

masquer

  1. to mask; to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation of masquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple masquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple masquant
/mas.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle masqué
/mas.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present masque
/mask/ 		masques
/mask/ 		masque
/mask/ 		masquons
/mas.kɔ̃/ 		masquez
/mas.ke/ 		masquent
/mask/
imperfect masquais
/mas.kɛ/ 		masquais
/mas.kɛ/ 		masquait
/mas.kɛ/ 		masquions
/mas.kjɔ̃/ 		masquiez
/mas.kje/ 		masquaient
/mas.kɛ/
past historic2 masquai
/mas.ke/ 		masquas
/mas.ka/ 		masqua
/mas.ka/ 		masquâmes
/mas.kam/ 		masquâtes
/mas.kat/ 		masquèrent
/mas.kɛʁ/
future masquerai
/mas.kə.ʁe/ 		masqueras
/mas.kə.ʁa/ 		masquera
/mas.kə.ʁa/ 		masquerons
/mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/ 		masquerez
/mas.kə.ʁe/ 		masqueront
/mas.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional masquerais
/mas.kə.ʁɛ/ 		masquerais
/mas.kə.ʁɛ/ 		masquerait
/mas.kə.ʁɛ/ 		masquerions
/mas.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		masqueriez
/mas.kə.ʁje/ 		masqueraient
/mas.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 masque
/mask/ 		masques
/mask/ 		masque
/mask/ 		masquions
/mas.kjɔ̃/ 		masquiez
/mas.kje/ 		masquent
/mask/
imperfect2 masquasse
/mas.kas/ 		masquasses
/mas.kas/ 		masquât
/mas.ka/ 		masquassions
/mas.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		masquassiez
/mas.ka.sje/ 		masquassent
/mas.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — masque
/mask/ 		— masquons
/mas.kɔ̃/ 		masquez
/mas.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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