remorquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rimorchiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/
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Verb

remorquer

  1. to tow (e.g. a trailer, vessel)
    Synonym: (a marine vessel) touer

Conjugation
Conjugation of remorquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple remorquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple remorquant
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle remorqué
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present remorque
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorques
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorque
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorquons
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɔ̃/		 remorquez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/		 remorquent
/ʁə.mɔʁk/
imperfect remorquais
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/		 remorquais
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/		 remorquait
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/		 remorquions
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kjɔ̃/		 remorquiez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kje/		 remorquaient
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛ/
past historic2 remorquai
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ke/		 remorquas
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/		 remorqua
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/		 remorquâmes
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kam/		 remorquâtes
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kat/		 remorquèrent
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɛʁ/
future remorquerai
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁe/		 remorqueras
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁa/		 remorquera
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁa/		 remorquerons
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/		 remorquerez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁe/		 remorqueront
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional remorquerais
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 remorquerais
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 remorquerait
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁɛ/		 remorquerions
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 remorqueriez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kə.ʁje/		 remorqueraient
/ʁə.mɔʁ.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 remorque
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorques
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorque
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 remorquions
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kjɔ̃/		 remorquiez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kje/		 remorquent
/ʁə.mɔʁk/
imperfect2 remorquasse
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/		 remorquasses
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/		 remorquât
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ka/		 remorquassions
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 remorquassiez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.ka.sje/		 remorquassent
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — remorque
/ʁə.mɔʁk/		 — remorquons
/ʁə.mɔʁ.kɔ̃/		 remorquez
/ʁə.mɔʁ.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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: remorca
  • Turkish: römork

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