briquer

French

Etymology

brique +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.ke/

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Verb

briquer

1. (transitive) to scrub, polish

Conjugation

Conjugation of briquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	briquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	briquant /bʁi.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		briqué /bʁi.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brique /bʁik/	briques /bʁik/	brique /bʁik/	briquons /bʁi.kɔ̃/	briquez /bʁi.ke/	briquent /bʁik/
	imperfect	briquais /bʁi.kɛ/	briquais /bʁi.kɛ/	briquait /bʁi.kɛ/	briquions /bʁi.kjɔ̃/	briquiez /bʁi.kje/	briquaient /bʁi.kɛ/
	past historic2	briquai /bʁi.ke/	briquas /bʁi.ka/	briqua /bʁi.ka/	briquâmes /bʁi.kam/	briquâtes /bʁi.kat/	briquèrent /bʁi.kɛʁ/
	future	briquerai /bʁi.kʁe/	briqueras /bʁi.kʁa/	briquera /bʁi.kʁa/	briquerons /bʁi.kʁɔ̃/	briquerez /bʁi.kʁe/	briqueront /bʁi.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	briquerais /bʁi.kʁɛ/	briquerais /bʁi.kʁɛ/	briquerait /bʁi.kʁɛ/	briquerions /bʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	briqueriez /bʁi.kə.ʁje/	briqueraient /bʁi.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	brique /bʁik/	briques /bʁik/	brique /bʁik/	briquions /bʁi.kjɔ̃/	briquiez /bʁi.kje/	briquent /bʁik/
	imperfect2	briquasse /bʁi.kas/	briquasses /bʁi.kas/	briquât /bʁi.ka/	briquassions /bʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/	briquassiez /bʁi.ka.sje/	briquassent /bʁi.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brique /bʁik/	—	briquons /bʁi.kɔ̃/	briquez /bʁi.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

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