troquer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French troquer, trochier, of unknown origin. Possibly imitative of the sound made by the hands of the exchanging parties clapping together, similar to troper (“to high five”). Or, from an unknown Germanic source.

Compare Middle English trukien (“to trade, barter”) and Medieval Latin troco (“I barter”), which could have been borrowed from the Old French verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.ke/

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Verb

troquer

1. to barter (exchange goods or services without involving money)

   Synonym: échanger

Conjugation

Conjugation of troquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	troquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	troquant /tʁɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		troqué /tʁɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	troque /tʁɔk/	troques /tʁɔk/	troque /tʁɔk/	troquons /tʁɔ.kɔ̃/	troquez /tʁɔ.ke/	troquent /tʁɔk/
	imperfect	troquais /tʁɔ.kɛ/	troquais /tʁɔ.kɛ/	troquait /tʁɔ.kɛ/	troquions /tʁɔ.kjɔ̃/	troquiez /tʁɔ.kje/	troquaient /tʁɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	troquai /tʁɔ.ke/	troquas /tʁɔ.ka/	troqua /tʁɔ.ka/	troquâmes /tʁɔ.kam/	troquâtes /tʁɔ.kat/	troquèrent /tʁɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	troquerai /tʁɔ.kʁe/	troqueras /tʁɔ.kʁa/	troquera /tʁɔ.kʁa/	troquerons /tʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/	troquerez /tʁɔ.kʁe/	troqueront /tʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	troquerais /tʁɔ.kʁɛ/	troquerais /tʁɔ.kʁɛ/	troquerait /tʁɔ.kʁɛ/	troquerions /tʁɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	troqueriez /tʁɔ.kə.ʁje/	troqueraient /tʁɔ.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	troque /tʁɔk/	troques /tʁɔk/	troque /tʁɔk/	troquions /tʁɔ.kjɔ̃/	troquiez /tʁɔ.kje/	troquent /tʁɔk/
	imperfect2	troquasse /tʁɔ.kas/	troquasses /tʁɔ.kas/	troquât /tʁɔ.ka/	troquassions /tʁɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	troquassiez /tʁɔ.ka.sje/	troquassent /tʁɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	troque /tʁɔk/	—	troquons /tʁɔ.kɔ̃/	troquez /tʁɔ.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).

Derived terms

• troc
• troqueur

Further reading

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