risquer

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French

Etymology

From risque +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁis.ke/
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Verb

risquer

  1. (transitive) to risk, to put at risk
    J’ai risqué ma vie pour toi.
    I risked my life for you.
  2. (transitive) to face, to incur
    Synonym: encourir
    Ils risquent une peine de prison.
    They are risking a prison sentence.
  3. (followed by the preposition de) to run the risk of; to be likely to
    Si tu fais ça, tu risques de le regretter plus tard.
    If you do that, you risk regretting it later.

Conjugation

Conjugation of risquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple risquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple risquant
/ʁis.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle risqué
/ʁis.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present risque
/ʁisk/ 		risques
/ʁisk/ 		risque
/ʁisk/ 		risquons
/ʁis.kɔ̃/ 		risquez
/ʁis.ke/ 		risquent
/ʁisk/
imperfect risquais
/ʁis.kɛ/ 		risquais
/ʁis.kɛ/ 		risquait
/ʁis.kɛ/ 		risquions
/ʁis.kjɔ̃/ 		risquiez
/ʁis.kje/ 		risquaient
/ʁis.kɛ/
past historic2 risquai
/ʁis.ke/ 		risquas
/ʁis.ka/ 		risqua
/ʁis.ka/ 		risquâmes
/ʁis.kam/ 		risquâtes
/ʁis.kat/ 		risquèrent
/ʁis.kɛʁ/
future risquerai
/ʁis.kə.ʁe/ 		risqueras
/ʁis.kə.ʁa/ 		risquera
/ʁis.kə.ʁa/ 		risquerons
/ʁis.kə.ʁɔ̃/ 		risquerez
/ʁis.kə.ʁe/ 		risqueront
/ʁis.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional risquerais
/ʁis.kə.ʁɛ/ 		risquerais
/ʁis.kə.ʁɛ/ 		risquerait
/ʁis.kə.ʁɛ/ 		risquerions
/ʁis.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		risqueriez
/ʁis.kə.ʁje/ 		risqueraient
/ʁis.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 risque
/ʁisk/ 		risques
/ʁisk/ 		risque
/ʁisk/ 		risquions
/ʁis.kjɔ̃/ 		risquiez
/ʁis.kje/ 		risquent
/ʁisk/
imperfect2 risquasse
/ʁis.kas/ 		risquasses
/ʁis.kas/ 		risquât
/ʁis.ka/ 		risquassions
/ʁis.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		risquassiez
/ʁis.ka.sje/ 		risquassent
/ʁis.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — risque
/ʁisk/ 		— risquons
/ʁis.kɔ̃/ 		risquez
/ʁis.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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