étriquer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estriquer, borrowed from Middle Dutch striken (“to stroke, smooth”), from Old Dutch *strīcan. Cognate with English strike. Compare also Old French estrikier, estriquer (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tʁi.ke/
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Verb

étriquer

  1. to narrow
    • 1947, Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours, Kindle edition:
      C’est drôle, dit Chick. On a l’impression que le monde s’étrique autour de soi.
      It's weird, says Chick. It feels like the world is collapsing around you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of étriquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple étriquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple étriquant
/e.tʁi.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle étriqué
/e.tʁi.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present étrique
/e.tʁik/ 		étriques
/e.tʁik/ 		étrique
/e.tʁik/ 		étriquons
/e.tʁi.kɔ̃/ 		étriquez
/e.tʁi.ke/ 		étriquent
/e.tʁik/
imperfect étriquais
/e.tʁi.kɛ/ 		étriquais
/e.tʁi.kɛ/ 		étriquait
/e.tʁi.kɛ/ 		étriquions
/e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		étriquiez
/e.tʁi.kje/ 		étriquaient
/e.tʁi.kɛ/
past historic2 étriquai
/e.tʁi.ke/ 		étriquas
/e.tʁi.ka/ 		étriqua
/e.tʁi.ka/ 		étriquâmes
/e.tʁi.kam/ 		étriquâtes
/e.tʁi.kat/ 		étriquèrent
/e.tʁi.kɛʁ/
future étriquerai
/e.tʁi.kʁe/ 		étriqueras
/e.tʁi.kʁa/ 		étriquera
/e.tʁi.kʁa/ 		étriquerons
/e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/ 		étriquerez
/e.tʁi.kʁe/ 		étriqueront
/e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/
conditional étriquerais
/e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ 		étriquerais
/e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ 		étriquerait
/e.tʁi.kʁɛ/ 		étriquerions
/e.tʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		étriqueriez
/e.tʁi.kə.ʁje/ 		étriqueraient
/e.tʁi.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 étrique
/e.tʁik/ 		étriques
/e.tʁik/ 		étrique
/e.tʁik/ 		étriquions
/e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ 		étriquiez
/e.tʁi.kje/ 		étriquent
/e.tʁik/
imperfect2 étriquasse
/e.tʁi.kas/ 		étriquasses
/e.tʁi.kas/ 		étriquât
/e.tʁi.ka/ 		étriquassions
/e.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		étriquassiez
/e.tʁi.ka.sje/ 		étriquassent
/e.tʁi.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — étrique
/e.tʁik/ 		— étriquons
/e.tʁi.kɔ̃/ 		étriquez
/e.tʁi.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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