moquer

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French mocquer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French moquer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, speak with half-opened mouth”), both from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ke/

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Verb

moquer

1. (transitive, literary) to mock
2. (reflexive, used with de) (se moquer de) to make fun of someone
3. (reflexive, used with en) to be indifferent; to not care

Conjugation

Conjugation of moquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	moquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	moquant /mɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		moqué /mɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	moque /mɔk/	moques /mɔk/	moque /mɔk/	moquons /mɔ.kɔ̃/	moquez /mɔ.ke/	moquent /mɔk/
	imperfect	moquais /mɔ.kɛ/	moquais /mɔ.kɛ/	moquait /mɔ.kɛ/	moquions /mɔ.kjɔ̃/	moquiez /mɔ.kje/	moquaient /mɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	moquai /mɔ.ke/	moquas /mɔ.ka/	moqua /mɔ.ka/	moquâmes /mɔ.kam/	moquâtes /mɔ.kat/	moquèrent /mɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	moquerai /mɔ.kʁe/	moqueras /mɔ.kʁa/	moquera /mɔ.kʁa/	moquerons /mɔ.kʁɔ̃/	moquerez /mɔ.kʁe/	moqueront /mɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	moquerais /mɔ.kʁɛ/	moquerais /mɔ.kʁɛ/	moquerait /mɔ.kʁɛ/	moquerions /mɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	moqueriez /mɔ.kə.ʁje/	moqueraient /mɔ.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	moque /mɔk/	moques /mɔk/	moque /mɔk/	moquions /mɔ.kjɔ̃/	moquiez /mɔ.kje/	moquent /mɔk/
	imperfect2	moquasse /mɔ.kas/	moquasses /mɔ.kas/	moquât /mɔ.ka/	moquassions /mɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	moquassiez /mɔ.ka.sje/	moquassent /mɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	moque /mɔk/	—	moquons /mɔ.kɔ̃/	moquez /mɔ.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

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

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Old French

Verb

moquer

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

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of se moquer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		se moquer			estre moqué
gerund		en moquant			gerund of estre + past participle
present participle		moquant
past participle		moqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	me moc	te moques	se moque	nos moquons	vos moquez	se moquent
	imperfect	me moquoie, me moqueie, me moquoe, me moqueve	te moquoies, te moqueies, te moquoes, te moqueves	se moquoit, se moqueit, se moquot, se moqueve	nos moquiiens, nos moquiens	vos moquiiez, vos moquiez	se moquoient, se moqueient, se moquoent, se moquevent
	preterite	me moquai	te moquas	se moqua	nos moquames	vos moquastes	se moquerent
	future	me moquerai	te moqueras	se moquera	nos moquerons	vos moqueroiz, vos moquereiz, vos moquerez	se moqueront
	conditional	me moqueroie, me moquereie	te moqueroies, te moquereies	se moqueroit, se moquereit	nos moqueriiens, nos moqueriens	vos moqueriiez, vos moqueriez	se moqueroient, se moquereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of estre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	me moc	te mos	se mot	nos moquons	vos moquez	se moquent
	imperfect	me moquasse	te moquasses	se moquast	nos moquissons, nos moquissiens	vos moquissoiz, vos moquissez, vos moquissiez	se moquassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	moque-toi	—	moquons-nos	moquez-vos	—