moquer

From Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, speak with half-opened mouth”), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).

Cognate with Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Old High German muckazzen (“to speak quietly, say a word”) (Modern German mucksen). More at mock.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ke/

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moquer

1. (transitive, literary) to mock
2. (reflexive, used with de) (se moquer de) to make fun of someone
3. (reflexive, used with en) to be indifferent; to not care

• c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de l’infirmerie
• c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité
• c’est la poêle qui se moque du chaudron
• se moquer comme d’une guigne de
• se moquer comme de l’an quarante de
• se moquer comme de sa première chemise de

• “moquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Middle Dutch mokken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble”), probably ultimately imitative.

moquer

1. (reflexive, se moquer) to mock; to make fun of

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.