enquêter

French

Etymology

From enquête +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/

Verb

enquêter

  1. to investigate
  2. to survey

Conjugation
Conjugation of enquêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle enquêtant
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɑ̃/
past participle enquêté
/ɑ̃.kɛ.te/
infinitive
simple enquêter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple enquêtant
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enquête
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquêtes
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquête
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquêtons
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɔ̃/		 enquêtez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.te/		 enquêtent
/ɑ̃.kɛt/
imperfect enquêtais
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/		 enquêtais
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/		 enquêtait
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/		 enquêtions
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tjɔ̃/		 enquêtiez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tje/		 enquêtaient
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/
past historic2 enquêtai
/ɑ̃.kɛ.te/		 enquêtas
/ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/		 enquêta
/ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/		 enquêtâmes
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tam/		 enquêtâtes
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tat/		 enquêtèrent
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛʁ/
future enquêterai
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/		 enquêteras
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/		 enquêtera
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/		 enquêterons
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/		 enquêterez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/		 enquêteront
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional enquêterais
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/		 enquêterais
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/		 enquêterait
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/		 enquêterions
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enquêteriez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁje/		 enquêteraient
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/
(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 enquête
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquêtes
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquête
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 enquêtions
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tjɔ̃/		 enquêtiez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tje/		 enquêtent
/ɑ̃.kɛt/
imperfect2 enquêtasse
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/		 enquêtasses
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/		 enquêtât
/ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/		 enquêtassions
/ɑ̃.kɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 enquêtassiez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.ta.sje/		 enquêtassent
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enquête
/ɑ̃.kɛt/		 — enquêtons
/ɑ̃.kɛ.tɔ̃/		 enquêtez
/ɑ̃.kɛ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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