moquer
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, speak with half-opened mouth”), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Cognate with Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Old High German muckazzen (“to speak quietly, say a word”) (Modern German mucksen). More at mock.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmoquer
- (transitive, literary) to mock
- (reflexive, used with de) (se moquer de) to make fun of someone
- (reflexive, used with en) to be indifferent; to not care
Conjugation
editinfinitive | simple | moquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | moquant /mɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | moqué /mɔ.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | moque /mɔk/ |
moques /mɔk/ |
moque /mɔk/ |
moquons /mɔ.kɔ̃/ |
moquez /mɔ.ke/ |
moquent /mɔk/ |
imperfect | moquais /mɔ.kɛ/ |
moquais /mɔ.kɛ/ |
moquait /mɔ.kɛ/ |
moquions /mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
moquiez /mɔ.kje/ |
moquaient /mɔ.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | moquai /mɔ.ke/ |
moquas /mɔ.ka/ |
moqua /mɔ.ka/ |
moquâmes /mɔ.kam/ |
moquâtes /mɔ.kat/ |
moquèrent /mɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
future | moquerai /mɔ.kʁe/ |
moqueras /mɔ.kʁa/ |
moquera /mɔ.kʁa/ |
moquerons /mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
moquerez /mɔ.kʁe/ |
moqueront /mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | moquerais /mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
moquerais /mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
moquerait /mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
moquerions /mɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
moqueriez /mɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
moqueraient /mɔ.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 | moque /mɔk/ |
moques /mɔk/ |
moque /mɔk/ |
moquions /mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
moquiez /mɔ.kje/ |
moquent /mɔk/ |
imperfect2 | moquasse /mɔ.kas/ |
moquasses /mɔ.kas/ |
moquât /mɔ.ka/ |
moquassions /mɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
moquassiez /mɔ.ka.sje/ |
moquassent /mɔ.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | moque /mɔk/ |
— | moquons /mɔ.kɔ̃/ |
moquez /mɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
infinitive | simple | se moquer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se moquant /sə mɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | moqué /mɔ.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me moque /mə mɔk/ |
te moques /tə mɔk/ |
se moque /sə mɔk/ |
nous moquons /nu mɔ.kɔ̃/ |
vous moquez /vu mɔ.ke/ |
se moquent /sə mɔk/ |
imperfect | me moquais /mə mɔ.kɛ/ |
te moquais /tə mɔ.kɛ/ |
se moquait /sə mɔ.kɛ/ |
nous moquions /nu mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
vous moquiez /vu mɔ.kje/ |
se moquaient /sə mɔ.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me moquai /mə mɔ.ke/ |
te moquas /tə mɔ.ka/ |
se moqua /sə mɔ.ka/ |
nous moquâmes /nu mɔ.kam/ |
vous moquâtes /vu mɔ.kat/ |
se moquèrent /sə mɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
future | me moquerai /mə mɔ.kʁe/ |
te moqueras /tə mɔ.kʁa/ |
se moquera /sə mɔ.kʁa/ |
nous moquerons /nu mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
vous moquerez /vu mɔ.kʁe/ |
se moqueront /sə mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me moquerais /mə mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
te moquerais /tə mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
se moquerait /sə mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
nous moquerions /nu mɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous moqueriez /vu mɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
se moqueraient /sə mɔ.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me moque /mə mɔk/ |
te moques /tə mɔk/ |
se moque /sə mɔk/ |
nous moquions /nu mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
vous moquiez /vu mɔ.kje/ |
se moquent /sə mɔk/ |
imperfect2 | me moquasse /mə mɔ.kas/ |
te moquasses /tə mɔ.kas/ |
se moquât /sə mɔ.ka/ |
nous moquassions /nu mɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
vous moquassiez /vu mɔ.ka.sje/ |
se moquassent /sə mɔ.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | moque-toi /mɔk.twa/ |
— | moquons-nous /mɔ.kɔ̃.nu/ |
moquez-vous /mɔ.ke.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
infinitive | simple | s'en moquer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | s'en être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’en moquant /sɑ̃ mɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | s'en étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | moqué /mɔ.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’en moque /mɑ̃ mɔk/ |
t’en moques /tɑ̃ mɔk/ |
s’en moque /sɑ̃ mɔk/ |
nous en moquons /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kɔ̃/ |
vous en moquez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.ke/ |
s’en moquent /sɑ̃ mɔk/ |
imperfect | m’en moquais /mɑ̃ mɔ.kɛ/ |
t’en moquais /tɑ̃ mɔ.kɛ/ |
s’en moquait /sɑ̃ mɔ.kɛ/ |
nous en moquions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
vous en moquiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kje/ |
s’en moquaient /sɑ̃ mɔ.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | m’en moquai /mɑ̃ mɔ.ke/ |
t’en moquas /tɑ̃ mɔ.ka/ |
s’en moqua /sɑ̃ mɔ.ka/ |
nous en moquâmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kam/ |
vous en moquâtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kat/ |
s’en moquèrent /sɑ̃ mɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
future | m’en moquerai /mɑ̃ mɔ.kʁe/ |
t’en moqueras /tɑ̃ mɔ.kʁa/ |
s’en moquera /sɑ̃ mɔ.kʁa/ |
nous en moquerons /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ |
vous en moquerez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kʁe/ |
s’en moqueront /sɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | m’en moquerais /mɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
t’en moquerais /tɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
s’en moquerait /sɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɛ/ |
nous en moquerions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous en moqueriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kə.ʁje/ |
s’en moqueraient /sɑ̃ mɔ.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'en être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’en moque /mɑ̃ mɔk/ |
t’en moques /tɑ̃ mɔk/ |
s’en moque /sɑ̃ mɔk/ |
nous en moquions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kjɔ̃/ |
vous en moquiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.kje/ |
s’en moquent /sɑ̃ mɔk/ |
imperfect2 | m’en moquasse /mɑ̃ mɔ.kas/ |
t’en moquasses /tɑ̃ mɔ.kas/ |
s’en moquât /sɑ̃ mɔ.ka/ |
nous en moquassions /nu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
vous en moquassiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃ mɔ.ka.sje/ |
s’en moquassent /sɑ̃ mɔ.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'en être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | moque-t’en /mɔk.tɑ̃/ |
— | moquons-nous-en /mɔ.kɔ̃.nu.zɑ̃/ |
moquez-vous-en /mɔ.ke.vu.zɑ̃/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'en être + past participle | simple imperative of s'en être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
edit- c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de l’infirmerie
- c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité
- c’est la poêle qui se moque du chaudron
- se moquer comme d’une guigne de
- se moquer comme de l’an quarante de
- se moquer comme de sa première chemise de
Further reading
edit- “moquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editEtymology
editMiddle Dutch mokken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble”), probably ultimately imitative.
Verb
editmoquer
- (reflexive, se moquer) to mock; to make fun of
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | se moquer | estre moqué | |||||
gerund | en moquant | gerund of estre + past participle | |||||
present participle | moquant | ||||||
past participle | moqué | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | me moc | te moques | se moque | nos moquons | vos moquez | se moquent |
imperfect | me moquoie, me moqueie, me moquoe, me moqueve | te moquoies, te moqueies, te moquoes, te moqueves | se moquoit, se moqueit, se moquot, se moqueve | nos moquiiens, nos moquiens | vos moquiiez, vos moquiez | se moquoient, se moqueient, se moquoent, se moquevent | |
preterite | me moquai | te moquas | se moqua | nos moquames | vos moquastes | se moquerent | |
future | me moquerai | te moqueras | se moquera | nos moquerons | vos moqueroiz, vos moquereiz, vos moquerez | se moqueront | |
conditional | me moqueroie, me moquereie | te moqueroies, te moquereies | se moqueroit, se moquereit | nos moqueriiens, nos moqueriens | vos moqueriiez, vos moqueriez | se moqueroient, se moquereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | me moc | te mos | se mot | nos moquons | vos moquez | se moquent |
imperfect | me moquasse | te moquasses | se moquast | nos moquissons, nos moquissiens | vos moquissoiz, vos moquissez, vos moquissiez | se moquassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | moque-toi | — | moquons-nos | moquez-vos | — |
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