intriquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intrīcō in the twentieth century. Doublet of intriguer.
Pronunciation
Verb
intriquer
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) (rare, sciences or literary) to become tangled
Conjugation
Conjugation of intriquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | intriquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | intriquant /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | intriqué /ɛ̃.tʁi.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | intrique /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intriques /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intrique /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intriquons /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɔ̃/ |
intriquez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ke/ |
intriquent /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
| imperfect | intriquais /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɛ/ |
intriquais /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɛ/ |
intriquait /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɛ/ |
intriquions /ɛ̃.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ |
intriquiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.kje/ |
intriquaient /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | intriquai /ɛ̃.tʁi.ke/ |
intriquas /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka/ |
intriqua /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka/ |
intriquâmes /ɛ̃.tʁi.kam/ |
intriquâtes /ɛ̃.tʁi.kat/ |
intriquèrent /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | intriquerai /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁe/ |
intriqueras /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁa/ |
intriquera /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁa/ |
intriquerons /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/ |
intriquerez /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁe/ |
intriqueront /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | intriquerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
intriquerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
intriquerait /ɛ̃.tʁi.kʁɛ/ |
intriquerions /ɛ̃.tʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
intriqueriez /ɛ̃.tʁi.kə.ʁje/ |
intriqueraient /ɛ̃.tʁi.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 | intrique /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intriques /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intrique /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
intriquions /ɛ̃.tʁi.kjɔ̃/ |
intriquiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.kje/ |
intriquent /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
| imperfect2 | intriquasse /ɛ̃.tʁi.kas/ |
intriquasses /ɛ̃.tʁi.kas/ |
intriquât /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka/ |
intriquassions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
intriquassiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sje/ |
intriquassent /ɛ̃.tʁi.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | intrique /ɛ̃.tʁik/ |
— | intriquons /ɛ̃.tʁi.kɔ̃/ |
intriquez /ɛ̃.tʁi.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
Further reading
- “intriquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.