évoquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin evoco, evocare.
Pronunciation
Verb
évoquer
- to evoke (to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination)
- to mention
Conjugation
Conjugation of évoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | évoquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | évoquant /e.vɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | évoqué /e.vɔ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | évoque /e.vɔk/ |
évoques /e.vɔk/ |
évoque /e.vɔk/ |
évoquons /e.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
évoquez /e.vɔ.ke/ |
évoquent /e.vɔk/ |
| imperfect | évoquais /e.vɔ.kɛ/ |
évoquais /e.vɔ.kɛ/ |
évoquait /e.vɔ.kɛ/ |
évoquions /e.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
évoquiez /e.vɔ.kje/ |
évoquaient /e.vɔ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | évoquai /e.vɔ.ke/ |
évoquas /e.vɔ.ka/ |
évoqua /e.vɔ.ka/ |
évoquâmes /e.vɔ.kam/ |
évoquâtes /e.vɔ.kat/ |
évoquèrent /e.vɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | évoquerai /e.vɔ.kʁe/ |
évoqueras /e.vɔ.kʁa/ |
évoquera /e.vɔ.kʁa/ |
évoquerons /e.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
évoquerez /e.vɔ.kʁe/ |
évoqueront /e.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | évoquerais /e.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
évoquerais /e.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
évoquerait /e.vɔ.kʁɛ/ |
évoquerions /e.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
évoqueriez /e.vɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
évoqueraient /e.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 | évoque /e.vɔk/ |
évoques /e.vɔk/ |
évoque /e.vɔk/ |
évoquions /e.vɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
évoquiez /e.vɔ.kje/ |
évoquent /e.vɔk/ |
| imperfect2 | évoquasse /e.vɔ.kas/ |
évoquasses /e.vɔ.kas/ |
évoquât /e.vɔ.ka/ |
évoquassions /e.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
évoquassiez /e.vɔ.ka.sje/ |
évoquassent /e.vɔ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | évoque /e.vɔk/ |
— | évoquons /e.vɔ.kɔ̃/ |
évoquez /e.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “évoquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.