chiquer

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ke/

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Verb

chiquer

1. (intransitive) to chew tobacco
2. (intransitive, Belgium) to chew gum

Conjugation

Conjugation of chiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chiquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chiquant /ʃi.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chiqué /ʃi.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chique /ʃik/	chiques /ʃik/	chique /ʃik/	chiquons /ʃi.kɔ̃/	chiquez /ʃi.ke/	chiquent /ʃik/
	imperfect	chiquais /ʃi.kɛ/	chiquais /ʃi.kɛ/	chiquait /ʃi.kɛ/	chiquions /ʃi.kjɔ̃/	chiquiez /ʃi.kje/	chiquaient /ʃi.kɛ/
	past historic2	chiquai /ʃi.ke/	chiquas /ʃi.ka/	chiqua /ʃi.ka/	chiquâmes /ʃi.kam/	chiquâtes /ʃi.kat/	chiquèrent /ʃi.kɛʁ/
	future	chiquerai /ʃi.kʁe/	chiqueras /ʃi.kʁa/	chiquera /ʃi.kʁa/	chiquerons /ʃi.kʁɔ̃/	chiquerez /ʃi.kʁe/	chiqueront /ʃi.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chiquerais /ʃi.kʁɛ/	chiquerais /ʃi.kʁɛ/	chiquerait /ʃi.kʁɛ/	chiquerions /ʃi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	chiqueriez /ʃi.kə.ʁje/	chiqueraient /ʃi.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	chique /ʃik/	chiques /ʃik/	chique /ʃik/	chiquions /ʃi.kjɔ̃/	chiquiez /ʃi.kje/	chiquent /ʃik/
	imperfect2	chiquasse /ʃi.kas/	chiquasses /ʃi.kas/	chiquât /ʃi.ka/	chiquassions /ʃi.ka.sjɔ̃/	chiquassiez /ʃi.ka.sje/	chiquassent /ʃi.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chique /ʃik/	—	chiquons /ʃi.kɔ̃/	chiquez /ʃi.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).

Derived terms

• faire chiquer poteau

Further reading

• “chiquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.