suffoquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffōcāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sy.fɔ.ke/
  • suffoquer(file)

Verb

suffoquer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to suffocate

Conjugation
Conjugation of suffoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple suffoquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple suffoquant
/sy.fɔ.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle suffoqué
/sy.fɔ.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present suffoque
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoques
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoque
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoquons
/sy.fɔ.kɔ̃/		 suffoquez
/sy.fɔ.ke/		 suffoquent
/sy.fɔk/
imperfect suffoquais
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/		 suffoquais
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/		 suffoquait
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/		 suffoquions
/sy.fɔ.kjɔ̃/		 suffoquiez
/sy.fɔ.kje/		 suffoquaient
/sy.fɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 suffoquai
/sy.fɔ.ke/		 suffoquas
/sy.fɔ.ka/		 suffoqua
/sy.fɔ.ka/		 suffoquâmes
/sy.fɔ.kam/		 suffoquâtes
/sy.fɔ.kat/		 suffoquèrent
/sy.fɔ.kɛʁ/
future suffoquerai
/sy.fɔ.kʁe/		 suffoqueras
/sy.fɔ.kʁa/		 suffoquera
/sy.fɔ.kʁa/		 suffoquerons
/sy.fɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 suffoquerez
/sy.fɔ.kʁe/		 suffoqueront
/sy.fɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional suffoquerais
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/		 suffoquerais
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/		 suffoquerait
/sy.fɔ.kʁɛ/		 suffoquerions
/sy.fɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 suffoqueriez
/sy.fɔ.kə.ʁje/		 suffoqueraient
/sy.fɔ.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 suffoque
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoques
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoque
/sy.fɔk/		 suffoquions
/sy.fɔ.kjɔ̃/		 suffoquiez
/sy.fɔ.kje/		 suffoquent
/sy.fɔk/
imperfect2 suffoquasse
/sy.fɔ.kas/		 suffoquasses
/sy.fɔ.kas/		 suffoquât
/sy.fɔ.ka/		 suffoquassions
/sy.fɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 suffoquassiez
/sy.fɔ.ka.sje/		 suffoquassent
/sy.fɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — suffoque
/sy.fɔk/		 — suffoquons
/sy.fɔ.kɔ̃/		 suffoquez
/sy.fɔ.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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