arquer

Catalan

Etymology

arc +‎ -er, or possibly corresponding to , from Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈke]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈkeɾ]

Noun

arquer m (plural arquers, feminine arquera)

1. archer

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French

Etymology

From arc +‎ -er. The c becomes qu to keep the /k/ sound intact.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ke/

Verb

arquer

1. (transitive, intransitive) to arc
2. (reflexive, s'arquer) to arc (move in an arch shape)

Conjugation

Conjugation of arquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	arquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	arquant /aʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		arqué /aʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arque /aʁk/	arques /aʁk/	arque /aʁk/	arquons /aʁ.kɔ̃/	arquez /aʁ.ke/	arquent /aʁk/
	imperfect	arquais /aʁ.kɛ/	arquais /aʁ.kɛ/	arquait /aʁ.kɛ/	arquions /aʁ.kjɔ̃/	arquiez /aʁ.kje/	arquaient /aʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	arquai /aʁ.ke/	arquas /aʁ.ka/	arqua /aʁ.ka/	arquâmes /aʁ.kam/	arquâtes /aʁ.kat/	arquèrent /aʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	arquerai /aʁ.kə.ʁe/	arqueras /aʁ.kə.ʁa/	arquera /aʁ.kə.ʁa/	arquerons /aʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	arquerez /aʁ.kə.ʁe/	arqueront /aʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	arquerais /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	arquerais /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	arquerait /aʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	arquerions /aʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	arqueriez /aʁ.kə.ʁje/	arqueraient /aʁ.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	arque /aʁk/	arques /aʁk/	arque /aʁk/	arquions /aʁ.kjɔ̃/	arquiez /aʁ.kje/	arquent /aʁk/
	imperfect2	arquasse /aʁ.kas/	arquasses /aʁ.kas/	arquât /aʁ.ka/	arquassions /aʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	arquassiez /aʁ.ka.sje/	arquassent /aʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arque /aʁk/	—	arquons /aʁ.kɔ̃/	arquez /aʁ.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

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

Anagrams

• querra, raquer