trinquer

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trinquer (ca. 1400), from Middle High German trinken, from Old High German trinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Cognate with English drink.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɛ̃.ke/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Verb

trinquer

  1. to clink glasses, toast
  2. to booze, drink alcohol

Conjugation

Conjugation of trinquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trinquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trinquant
/tʁɛ̃.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trinqué
/tʁɛ̃.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trinque
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinques
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinque
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinquons
/tʁɛ̃.kɔ̃/ 		trinquez
/tʁɛ̃.ke/ 		trinquent
/tʁɛ̃k/
imperfect trinquais
/tʁɛ̃.kɛ/ 		trinquais
/tʁɛ̃.kɛ/ 		trinquait
/tʁɛ̃.kɛ/ 		trinquions
/tʁɛ̃.kjɔ̃/ 		trinquiez
/tʁɛ̃.kje/ 		trinquaient
/tʁɛ̃.kɛ/
past historic2 trinquai
/tʁɛ̃.ke/ 		trinquas
/tʁɛ̃.ka/ 		trinqua
/tʁɛ̃.ka/ 		trinquâmes
/tʁɛ̃.kam/ 		trinquâtes
/tʁɛ̃.kat/ 		trinquèrent
/tʁɛ̃.kɛʁ/
future trinquerai
/tʁɛ̃.kʁe/ 		trinqueras
/tʁɛ̃.kʁa/ 		trinquera
/tʁɛ̃.kʁa/ 		trinquerons
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/ 		trinquerez
/tʁɛ̃.kʁe/ 		trinqueront
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/
conditional trinquerais
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɛ/ 		trinquerais
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɛ/ 		trinquerait
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɛ/ 		trinquerions
/tʁɛ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trinqueriez
/tʁɛ̃.kə.ʁje/ 		trinqueraient
/tʁɛ̃.kʁɛ/
(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 trinque
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinques
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinque
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		trinquions
/tʁɛ̃.kjɔ̃/ 		trinquiez
/tʁɛ̃.kje/ 		trinquent
/tʁɛ̃k/
imperfect2 trinquasse
/tʁɛ̃.kas/ 		trinquasses
/tʁɛ̃.kas/ 		trinquât
/tʁɛ̃.ka/ 		trinquassions
/tʁɛ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		trinquassiez
/tʁɛ̃.ka.sje/ 		trinquassent
/tʁɛ̃.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trinque
/tʁɛ̃k/ 		— trinquons
/tʁɛ̃.kɔ̃/ 		trinquez
/tʁɛ̃.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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