énuquer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ nuque (“nape, back of the neck”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ny.ke/

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Verb

énuquer

1. (Switzerland, reflexive) to break one's neck

Conjugation

Conjugation of énuquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	énuquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	énuquant /e.ny.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		énuqué /e.ny.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	énuque /e.nyk/	énuques /e.nyk/	énuque /e.nyk/	énuquons /e.ny.kɔ̃/	énuquez /e.ny.ke/	énuquent /e.nyk/
	imperfect	énuquais /e.ny.kɛ/	énuquais /e.ny.kɛ/	énuquait /e.ny.kɛ/	énuquions /e.ny.kjɔ̃/	énuquiez /e.ny.kje/	énuquaient /e.ny.kɛ/
	past historic2	énuquai /e.ny.ke/	énuquas /e.ny.ka/	énuqua /e.ny.ka/	énuquâmes /e.ny.kam/	énuquâtes /e.ny.kat/	énuquèrent /e.ny.kɛʁ/
	future	énuquerai /e.ny.kʁe/	énuqueras /e.ny.kʁa/	énuquera /e.ny.kʁa/	énuquerons /e.ny.kʁɔ̃/	énuquerez /e.ny.kʁe/	énuqueront /e.ny.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	énuquerais /e.ny.kʁɛ/	énuquerais /e.ny.kʁɛ/	énuquerait /e.ny.kʁɛ/	énuquerions /e.ny.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	énuqueriez /e.ny.kə.ʁje/	énuqueraient /e.ny.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	énuque /e.nyk/	énuques /e.nyk/	énuque /e.nyk/	énuquions /e.ny.kjɔ̃/	énuquiez /e.ny.kje/	énuquent /e.nyk/
	imperfect2	énuquasse /e.ny.kas/	énuquasses /e.ny.kas/	énuquât /e.ny.ka/	énuquassions /e.ny.ka.sjɔ̃/	énuquassiez /e.ny.ka.sje/	énuquassent /e.ny.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	énuque /e.nyk/	—	énuquons /e.ny.kɔ̃/	énuquez /e.ny.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

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