remorquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian rimorchiare.
Pronunciation
Verb
remorquer
- to tow (e.g. a trailer, vessel)
Conjugation
Conjugation of remorquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | remorquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | remorquant /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | remorqué /ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | remorque /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorques /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorque /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorquons /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɔ̃/ |
remorquez /ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/ |
remorquent /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
| imperfect | remorquais /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/ |
remorquais /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/ |
remorquait /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/ |
remorquions /ʁə.mɔʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
remorquiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.kje/ |
remorquaient /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | remorquai /ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/ |
remorquas /ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/ |
remorqua /ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/ |
remorquâmes /ʁə.mɔʁ.kam/ |
remorquâtes /ʁə.mɔʁ.kat/ |
remorquèrent /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | remorquerai /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
remorqueras /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
remorquera /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
remorquerons /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
remorquerez /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
remorqueront /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | remorquerais /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
remorquerais /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
remorquerait /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
remorquerions /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
remorqueriez /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁje/ |
remorqueraient /ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | remorque /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorques /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorque /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
remorquions /ʁə.mɔʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
remorquiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.kje/ |
remorquent /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | remorquasse /ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/ |
remorquasses /ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/ |
remorquât /ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/ |
remorquassions /ʁə.mɔʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
remorquassiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.ka.sje/ |
remorquassent /ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | remorque /ʁə.mɔʁk/ |
— | remorquons /ʁə.mɔʁ.kɔ̃/ |
remorquez /ʁə.mɔʁ.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
- (a marine vessel) touer
Related terms
Further reading
- “remorquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.