mecspliquer

French

Etymology

Blend of mec +‎ expliquer, calque of English mansplain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛk.spli.ke/
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Verb

mecspliquer

(France) mansplain
Synonym: pénispliquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of mecspliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	mecspliquer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	mecspliquant /mɛk.spli.kɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mecspliqué /mɛk.spli.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mecsplique /mɛk.splik/	mecspliques /mɛk.splik/	mecsplique /mɛk.splik/	mecspliquons /mɛk.spli.kɔ̃/	mecspliquez /mɛk.spli.ke/	mecspliquent /mɛk.splik/
	imperfect	mecspliquais /mɛk.spli.kɛ/	mecspliquais /mɛk.spli.kɛ/	mecspliquait /mɛk.spli.kɛ/	mecspliquions /mɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/	mecspliquiez /mɛk.spli.kje/	mecspliquaient /mɛk.spli.kɛ/
	past historic²	mecspliquai /mɛk.spli.ke/	mecspliquas /mɛk.spli.ka/	mecspliqua /mɛk.spli.ka/	mecspliquâmes /mɛk.spli.kam/	mecspliquâtes /mɛk.spli.kat/	mecspliquèrent /mɛk.spli.kɛʁ/
	future	mecspliquerai /mɛk.spli.kʁe/	mecspliqueras /mɛk.spli.kʁa/	mecspliquera /mɛk.spli.kʁa/	mecspliquerons /mɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/	mecspliquerez /mɛk.spli.kʁe/	mecspliqueront /mɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mecspliquerais /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/	mecspliquerais /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/	mecspliquerait /mɛk.spli.kʁɛ/	mecspliquerions /mɛk.spli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	mecspliqueriez /mɛk.spli.kə.ʁje/	mecspliqueraient /mɛk.spli.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	mecsplique /mɛk.splik/	mecspliques /mɛk.splik/	mecsplique /mɛk.splik/	mecspliquions /mɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/	mecspliquiez /mɛk.spli.kje/	mecspliquent /mɛk.splik/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	mecspliquasse /mɛk.spli.kas/	mecspliquasses /mɛk.spli.kas/	mecspliquât /mɛk.spli.ka/	mecspliquassions /mɛk.spli.ka.sjɔ̃/	mecspliquassiez /mɛk.spli.ka.sje/	mecspliquassent /mɛk.spli.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	mecsplique /mɛk.splik/	—	mecspliquons /mɛk.spli.kɔ̃/	mecspliquez /mɛk.spli.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).