brusquer

English

Adjective

brusquer

1. comparative form of brusque: more brusque

French

Etymology

From brusque +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁys.ke/

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Verb

brusquer

1. (transitive) to rush (an operation)
2. (transitive) to browbeat

Conjugation

Conjugation of brusquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	brusquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	brusquant /bʁys.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		brusqué /bʁys.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brusque /bʁysk/	brusques /bʁysk/	brusque /bʁysk/	brusquons /bʁys.kɔ̃/	brusquez /bʁys.ke/	brusquent /bʁysk/
	imperfect	brusquais /bʁys.kɛ/	brusquais /bʁys.kɛ/	brusquait /bʁys.kɛ/	brusquions /bʁys.kjɔ̃/	brusquiez /bʁys.kje/	brusquaient /bʁys.kɛ/
	past historic2	brusquai /bʁys.ke/	brusquas /bʁys.ka/	brusqua /bʁys.ka/	brusquâmes /bʁys.kam/	brusquâtes /bʁys.kat/	brusquèrent /bʁys.kɛʁ/
	future	brusquerai /bʁys.kə.ʁe/	brusqueras /bʁys.kə.ʁa/	brusquera /bʁys.kə.ʁa/	brusquerons /bʁys.kə.ʁɔ̃/	brusquerez /bʁys.kə.ʁe/	brusqueront /bʁys.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	brusquerais /bʁys.kə.ʁɛ/	brusquerais /bʁys.kə.ʁɛ/	brusquerait /bʁys.kə.ʁɛ/	brusquerions /bʁys.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	brusqueriez /bʁys.kə.ʁje/	brusqueraient /bʁys.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	brusque /bʁysk/	brusques /bʁysk/	brusque /bʁysk/	brusquions /bʁys.kjɔ̃/	brusquiez /bʁys.kje/	brusquent /bʁysk/
	imperfect2	brusquasse /bʁys.kas/	brusquasses /bʁys.kas/	brusquât /bʁys.ka/	brusquassions /bʁys.ka.sjɔ̃/	brusquassiez /bʁys.ka.sje/	brusquassent /bʁys.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brusque /bʁysk/	—	brusquons /bʁys.kɔ̃/	brusquez /bʁys.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “brusquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.