révoquer

French

Etymology

From Middle French, borrowed from Latin revocare, present active infinitive of revoco. Cf. the Old French form revochier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.vɔ.ke/

• Audio:

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Verb

révoquer

1. to revoke; to remove; to take away

Conjugation

Conjugation of révoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	révoquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	révoquant /ʁe.vɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		révoqué /ʁe.vɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	révoque /ʁe.vɔk/	révoques /ʁe.vɔk/	révoque /ʁe.vɔk/	révoquons /ʁe.vɔ.kɔ̃/	révoquez /ʁe.vɔ.ke/	révoquent /ʁe.vɔk/
	imperfect	révoquais /ʁe.vɔ.kɛ/	révoquais /ʁe.vɔ.kɛ/	révoquait /ʁe.vɔ.kɛ/	révoquions /ʁe.vɔ.kjɔ̃/	révoquiez /ʁe.vɔ.kje/	révoquaient /ʁe.vɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	révoquai /ʁe.vɔ.ke/	révoquas /ʁe.vɔ.ka/	révoqua /ʁe.vɔ.ka/	révoquâmes /ʁe.vɔ.kam/	révoquâtes /ʁe.vɔ.kat/	révoquèrent /ʁe.vɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	révoquerai /ʁe.vɔ.kʁe/	révoqueras /ʁe.vɔ.kʁa/	révoquera /ʁe.vɔ.kʁa/	révoquerons /ʁe.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/	révoquerez /ʁe.vɔ.kʁe/	révoqueront /ʁe.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	révoquerais /ʁe.vɔ.kʁɛ/	révoquerais /ʁe.vɔ.kʁɛ/	révoquerait /ʁe.vɔ.kʁɛ/	révoquerions /ʁe.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	révoqueriez /ʁe.vɔ.kə.ʁje/	révoqueraient /ʁe.vɔ.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	révoque /ʁe.vɔk/	révoques /ʁe.vɔk/	révoque /ʁe.vɔk/	révoquions /ʁe.vɔ.kjɔ̃/	révoquiez /ʁe.vɔ.kje/	révoquent /ʁe.vɔk/
	imperfect2	révoquasse /ʁe.vɔ.kas/	révoquasses /ʁe.vɔ.kas/	révoquât /ʁe.vɔ.ka/	révoquassions /ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	révoquassiez /ʁe.vɔ.ka.sje/	révoquassent /ʁe.vɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	révoque /ʁe.vɔk/	—	révoquons /ʁe.vɔ.kɔ̃/	révoquez /ʁe.vɔ.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).

Related terms

• révocation
• convoquer
• évoquer
• invoquer
• provoquer

Further reading

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