évoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin evocāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.vɔ.ke/
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Verb

évoquer

  1. to evoke (to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination)
  2. to mention

Conjugation
Conjugation of évoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple évoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple évoquant
/e.vɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle évoqué
/e.vɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present évoque
/e.vɔk/		 évoques
/e.vɔk/		 évoque
/e.vɔk/		 évoquons
/e.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 évoquez
/e.vɔ.ke/		 évoquent
/e.vɔk/
imperfect évoquais
/e.vɔ.kɛ/		 évoquais
/e.vɔ.kɛ/		 évoquait
/e.vɔ.kɛ/		 évoquions
/e.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 évoquiez
/e.vɔ.kje/		 évoquaient
/e.vɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 évoquai
/e.vɔ.ke/		 évoquas
/e.vɔ.ka/		 évoqua
/e.vɔ.ka/		 évoquâmes
/e.vɔ.kam/		 évoquâtes
/e.vɔ.kat/		 évoquèrent
/e.vɔ.kɛʁ/
future évoquerai
/e.vɔ.kʁe/		 évoqueras
/e.vɔ.kʁa/		 évoquera
/e.vɔ.kʁa/		 évoquerons
/e.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 évoquerez
/e.vɔ.kʁe/		 évoqueront
/e.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional évoquerais
/e.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 évoquerais
/e.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 évoquerait
/e.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 évoquerions
/e.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 évoqueriez
/e.vɔ.kə.ʁje/		 évoqueraient
/e.vɔ.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 évoque
/e.vɔk/		 évoques
/e.vɔk/		 évoque
/e.vɔk/		 évoquions
/e.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 évoquiez
/e.vɔ.kje/		 évoquent
/e.vɔk/
imperfect2 évoquasse
/e.vɔ.kas/		 évoquasses
/e.vɔ.kas/		 évoquât
/e.vɔ.ka/		 évoquassions
/e.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 évoquassiez
/e.vɔ.ka.sje/		 évoquassent
/e.vɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — évoque
/e.vɔk/		 — évoquons
/e.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 évoquez
/e.vɔ.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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