entrechoquer

French

Etymology

From entre + choquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/

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Verb

entrechoquer

1. (transitive or reflexive) to knock together, clink together
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to contradict (each other), clash

Conjugation

Conjugation of entrechoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entrechoquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entrechoquant /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entrechoqué /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entrechoque /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoques /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoque /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoquons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɔ̃/	entrechoquez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/	entrechoquent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/
	imperfect	entrechoquais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɛ/	entrechoquais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɛ/	entrechoquait /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɛ/	entrechoquions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kjɔ̃/	entrechoquiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kje/	entrechoquaient /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	entrechoquai /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ke/	entrechoquas /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ka/	entrechoqua /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ka/	entrechoquâmes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kam/	entrechoquâtes /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kat/	entrechoquèrent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	entrechoquerai /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁe/	entrechoqueras /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁa/	entrechoquera /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁa/	entrechoquerons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁɔ̃/	entrechoquerez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁe/	entrechoqueront /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entrechoquerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁɛ/	entrechoquerais /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁɛ/	entrechoquerait /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kʁɛ/	entrechoquerions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	entrechoqueriez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kə.ʁje/	entrechoqueraient /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.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	entrechoque /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoques /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoque /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	entrechoquions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kjɔ̃/	entrechoquiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kje/	entrechoquent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/
	imperfect2	entrechoquasse /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kas/	entrechoquasses /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kas/	entrechoquât /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ka/	entrechoquassions /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	entrechoquassiez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.ka.sje/	entrechoquassent /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entrechoque /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔk/	—	entrechoquons /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.kɔ̃/	entrechoquez /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃɔ.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).

Further reading

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