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moquer

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken (to mumble) or Middle Low German mucken (to grumble, speak with half-opened mouth), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (to low, mumble), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (to low, bellow, shout), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (to low, mumble).

Cognate with Old High German firmucken (to be stupid), Old High German muckazzen (to speak quietly, say a word) (Modern German mucksen). More at mock.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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moquer

  1. (transitive, literary) to mock
  2. (reflexive) to make fun (of someone) [with de]
  3. (reflexive) to be indifferent; to not care (about something) [with de]
    • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter VII, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 31:
      Je me moquais bien de mon marteau, de mon boulon, de la soif et de la mort. Il y avait, sur une étoile, une planète, la mienne, la Terre, un petit prince à consoler !
      Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was a little prince to be comforted.

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Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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Middle Dutch mokken (to mumble) or Middle Low German mucken (to grumble), probably ultimately imitative.

Verb

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moquer

  1. (reflexive, se moquer) to mock; to make fun of

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.