forniquer

French

Etymology

From Latin fornicārī, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ni.ke/

Verb

forniquer

1. to fornicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of forniquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	forniquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	forniquant /fɔʁ.ni.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		forniqué /fɔʁ.ni.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fornique /fɔʁ.nik/	forniques /fɔʁ.nik/	fornique /fɔʁ.nik/	forniquons /fɔʁ.ni.kɔ̃/	forniquez /fɔʁ.ni.ke/	forniquent /fɔʁ.nik/
	imperfect	forniquais /fɔʁ.ni.kɛ/	forniquais /fɔʁ.ni.kɛ/	forniquait /fɔʁ.ni.kɛ/	forniquions /fɔʁ.ni.kjɔ̃/	forniquiez /fɔʁ.ni.kje/	forniquaient /fɔʁ.ni.kɛ/
	past historic2	forniquai /fɔʁ.ni.ke/	forniquas /fɔʁ.ni.ka/	forniqua /fɔʁ.ni.ka/	forniquâmes /fɔʁ.ni.kam/	forniquâtes /fɔʁ.ni.kat/	forniquèrent /fɔʁ.ni.kɛʁ/
	future	forniquerai /fɔʁ.ni.kʁe/	forniqueras /fɔʁ.ni.kʁa/	forniquera /fɔʁ.ni.kʁa/	forniquerons /fɔʁ.ni.kʁɔ̃/	forniquerez /fɔʁ.ni.kʁe/	forniqueront /fɔʁ.ni.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	forniquerais /fɔʁ.ni.kʁɛ/	forniquerais /fɔʁ.ni.kʁɛ/	forniquerait /fɔʁ.ni.kʁɛ/	forniquerions /fɔʁ.ni.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	forniqueriez /fɔʁ.ni.kə.ʁje/	forniqueraient /fɔʁ.ni.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	fornique /fɔʁ.nik/	forniques /fɔʁ.nik/	fornique /fɔʁ.nik/	forniquions /fɔʁ.ni.kjɔ̃/	forniquiez /fɔʁ.ni.kje/	forniquent /fɔʁ.nik/
	imperfect2	forniquasse /fɔʁ.ni.kas/	forniquasses /fɔʁ.ni.kas/	forniquât /fɔʁ.ni.ka/	forniquassions /fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/	forniquassiez /fɔʁ.ni.ka.sje/	forniquassent /fɔʁ.ni.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fornique /fɔʁ.nik/	—	forniquons /fɔʁ.ni.kɔ̃/	forniquez /fɔʁ.ni.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

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