invoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invocāre.

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

invoquer

  1. to invoke
  2. to call upon (God)

Conjugation
Conjugation of invoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple invoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple invoquant
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle invoqué
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoques
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoquons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 invoquez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/		 invoquent
/ɛ̃.vɔk/
imperfect invoquais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/		 invoquais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/		 invoquait
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/		 invoquions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 invoquiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/		 invoquaient
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 invoquai
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ke/		 invoquas
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/		 invoqua
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/		 invoquâmes
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kam/		 invoquâtes
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kat/		 invoquèrent
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɛʁ/
future invoquerai
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/		 invoqueras
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/		 invoquera
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁa/		 invoquerons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 invoquerez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁe/		 invoqueront
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional invoquerais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 invoquerais
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 invoquerait
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kʁɛ/		 invoquerions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 invoqueriez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kə.ʁje/		 invoqueraient
/ɛ̃.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 invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoques
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 invoquions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kjɔ̃/		 invoquiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kje/		 invoquent
/ɛ̃.vɔk/
imperfect2 invoquasse
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/		 invoquasses
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/		 invoquât
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka/		 invoquassions
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 invoquassiez
/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sje/		 invoquassent
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — invoque
/ɛ̃.vɔk/		 — invoquons
/ɛ̃.vɔ.kɔ̃/		 invoquez
/ɛ̃.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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