étriquer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estriquer, borrowed from Middle Dutch striken (“to stroke, smooth”), from Old Dutch *strīcan. Cognate with English strike. Compare also Old French estrikier, estriquer (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tʁi.ke/

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Verb

étriquer

1. to narrow
   • 1947, Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours, Kindle edition:

     C’est drôle, dit Chick. On a l’impression que le monde s’étrique autour de soi.

     It's weird, says Chick. It feels like the world is collapsing around you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of étriquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	étriquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	étriquant /e.tʁi.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		étriqué /e.tʁi.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	étrique /e.tʁik/	étriques /e.tʁik/	étrique /e.tʁik/	étriquons /e.tʁi.kɔ̃/	étriquez /e.tʁi.ke/	étriquent /e.tʁik/
	imperfect	étriquais /e.tʁi.kɛ/	étriquais /e.tʁi.kɛ/	étriquait /e.tʁi.kɛ/	étriquions /e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/	étriquiez /e.tʁi.kje/	étriquaient /e.tʁi.kɛ/
	past historic2	étriquai /e.tʁi.ke/	étriquas /e.tʁi.ka/	étriqua /e.tʁi.ka/	étriquâmes /e.tʁi.kam/	étriquâtes /e.tʁi.kat/	étriquèrent /e.tʁi.kɛʁ/
	future	étriquerai /e.tʁi.kʁe/	étriqueras /e.tʁi.kʁa/	étriquera /e.tʁi.kʁa/	étriquerons /e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/	étriquerez /e.tʁi.kʁe/	étriqueront /e.tʁi.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	étriquerais /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/	étriquerais /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/	étriquerait /e.tʁi.kʁɛ/	étriquerions /e.tʁi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	étriqueriez /e.tʁi.kə.ʁje/	étriqueraient /e.tʁi.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	étrique /e.tʁik/	étriques /e.tʁik/	étrique /e.tʁik/	étriquions /e.tʁi.kjɔ̃/	étriquiez /e.tʁi.kje/	étriquent /e.tʁik/
	imperfect2	étriquasse /e.tʁi.kas/	étriquasses /e.tʁi.kas/	étriquât /e.tʁi.ka/	étriquassions /e.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/	étriquassiez /e.tʁi.ka.sje/	étriquassent /e.tʁi.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	étrique /e.tʁik/	—	étriquons /e.tʁi.kɔ̃/	étriquez /e.tʁi.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).

Derived terms

• étriqué

Further reading

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