rétorquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retorquēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.tɔʁ.ke/
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Verb

rétorquer

  1. to retort

Conjugation

Conjugation of rétorquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rétorquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rétorquant
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rétorqué
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rétorque
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorques
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorque
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorquons
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɔ̃/ 		rétorquez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ke/ 		rétorquent
/ʁe.tɔʁk/
imperfect rétorquais
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɛ/ 		rétorquais
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɛ/ 		rétorquait
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɛ/ 		rétorquions
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kjɔ̃/ 		rétorquiez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kje/ 		rétorquaient
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɛ/
past historic2 rétorquai
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ke/ 		rétorquas
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ka/ 		rétorqua
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ka/ 		rétorquâmes
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kam/ 		rétorquâtes
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kat/ 		rétorquèrent
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɛʁ/
future rétorquerai
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁe/ 		rétorqueras
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁa/ 		rétorquera
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁa/ 		rétorquerons
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ 		rétorquerez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁe/ 		rétorqueront
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rétorquerais
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		rétorquerais
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		rétorquerait
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ 		rétorquerions
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rétorqueriez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kə.ʁje/ 		rétorqueraient
/ʁe.tɔʁ.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 rétorque
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorques
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorque
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		rétorquions
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kjɔ̃/ 		rétorquiez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kje/ 		rétorquent
/ʁe.tɔʁk/
imperfect2 rétorquasse
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kas/ 		rétorquasses
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kas/ 		rétorquât
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ka/ 		rétorquassions
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		rétorquassiez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.ka.sje/ 		rétorquassent
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rétorque
/ʁe.tɔʁk/ 		— rétorquons
/ʁe.tɔʁ.kɔ̃/ 		rétorquez
/ʁe.tɔʁ.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).

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