confisquer

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnfiscāre (“declare property of the fisc”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fis.ke/
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Verb

confisquer

  1. to confiscate

Conjugation
Conjugation of confisquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple confisquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple confisquant
/kɔ̃.fis.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle confisqué
/kɔ̃.fis.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present confisque
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisques
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisque
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisquons
/kɔ̃.fis.kɔ̃/		 confisquez
/kɔ̃.fis.ke/		 confisquent
/kɔ̃.fisk/
imperfect confisquais
/kɔ̃.fis.kɛ/		 confisquais
/kɔ̃.fis.kɛ/		 confisquait
/kɔ̃.fis.kɛ/		 confisquions
/kɔ̃.fis.kjɔ̃/		 confisquiez
/kɔ̃.fis.kje/		 confisquaient
/kɔ̃.fis.kɛ/
past historic2 confisquai
/kɔ̃.fis.ke/		 confisquas
/kɔ̃.fis.ka/		 confisqua
/kɔ̃.fis.ka/		 confisquâmes
/kɔ̃.fis.kam/		 confisquâtes
/kɔ̃.fis.kat/		 confisquèrent
/kɔ̃.fis.kɛʁ/
future confisquerai
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁe/		 confisqueras
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁa/		 confisquera
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁa/		 confisquerons
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁɔ̃/		 confisquerez
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁe/		 confisqueront
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional confisquerais
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁɛ/		 confisquerais
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁɛ/		 confisquerait
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁɛ/		 confisquerions
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 confisqueriez
/kɔ̃.fis.kə.ʁje/		 confisqueraient
/kɔ̃.fis.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 confisque
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisques
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisque
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 confisquions
/kɔ̃.fis.kjɔ̃/		 confisquiez
/kɔ̃.fis.kje/		 confisquent
/kɔ̃.fisk/
imperfect2 confisquasse
/kɔ̃.fis.kas/		 confisquasses
/kɔ̃.fis.kas/		 confisquât
/kɔ̃.fis.ka/		 confisquassions
/kɔ̃.fis.ka.sjɔ̃/		 confisquassiez
/kɔ̃.fis.ka.sje/		 confisquassent
/kɔ̃.fis.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — confisque
/kɔ̃.fisk/		 — confisquons
/kɔ̃.fis.kɔ̃/		 confisquez
/kɔ̃.fis.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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