Definify.com
Definition 2025
flanquer
flanquer
French
Verb
flanquer
- to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right hand man
- (military) to flank
- to smash, to whack (hit very hard)
Conjugation
Conjugation of flanquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flanquer | avoir flanqué | |||||
| gerund | en flanquant | en ayant flanqué | |||||
| present participle | flanquant /flɑ̃.kɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | flanqué /flɑ̃.ke/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanques /flɑ̃k/ |
flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/ |
flanquent /flɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect | flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquait /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ |
flanquaient /flɑ̃.kɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | flanquai /flɑ̃.ke/ |
flanquas /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanqua /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanquâmes /flɑ̃.kam/ |
flanquâtes /flɑ̃.kat/ |
flanquèrent /flɑ̃.kɛʁ/ |
|
| future | flanquerai /flɑ̃.kʁe/ |
flanqueras /flɑ̃.kʁa/ |
flanquera /flɑ̃.kʁa/ |
flanquerons /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
flanquerez /flɑ̃.kʁe/ |
flanqueront /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerait /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
flanquerions /flɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flanqueriez /flɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ |
flanqueraient /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
|
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanques /flɑ̃k/ |
flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ |
flanquent /flɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect1 |
flanquasse /flɑ̃.kas/ |
flanquasses /flɑ̃.kas/ |
flanquât /flɑ̃.ka/ |
flanquassions /flɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
flanquassiez /flɑ̃.ka.sje/ |
flanquassent /flɑ̃.kas/ |
|
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | flanque /flɑ̃k/ |
— | flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- flanqueur