manquer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mancare, derived from manco (“maimed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.ke/
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Verb

manquer

  1. (followed by preposition de) to lack, to be lacking in
    Je manque de temps. ― I don't have enough time.
  2. (with the preposition à or indirect object, intransitive) to be missed by/to be lacking to, to miss out
    Tu me manques.
    I miss you.
    (literally, “You are missed by me./You are lacking to me.”)
  3. (transitive) to miss
    J'ai manqué mon train.
    I missed my train.

Conjugation
Conjugation of manquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle manquant
/mɑ̃.kɑ̃/
past participle manqué
/mɑ̃.ke/
infinitive
simple manquer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple manquant
/mɑ̃.kɑ̃/
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 manque
/mɑ̃k/		 manques
/mɑ̃k/		 manque
/mɑ̃k/		 manquons
/mɑ̃.kɔ̃/		 manquez
/mɑ̃.ke/		 manquent
/mɑ̃k/
imperfect manquais
/mɑ̃.kɛ/		 manquais
/mɑ̃.kɛ/		 manquait
/mɑ̃.kɛ/		 manquions
/mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/		 manquiez
/mɑ̃.kje/		 manquaient
/mɑ̃.kɛ/
past historic2 manquai
/mɑ̃.ke/		 manquas
/mɑ̃.ka/		 manqua
/mɑ̃.ka/		 manquâmes
/mɑ̃.kam/		 manquâtes
/mɑ̃.kat/		 manquèrent
/mɑ̃.kɛʁ/
future manquerai
/mɑ̃.kʁe/		 manqueras
/mɑ̃.kʁa/		 manquera
/mɑ̃.kʁa/		 manquerons
/mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/		 manquerez
/mɑ̃.kʁe/		 manqueront
/mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/
conditional manquerais
/mɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 manquerais
/mɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 manquerait
/mɑ̃.kʁɛ/		 manquerions
/mɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 manqueriez
/mɑ̃.kə.ʁje/		 manqueraient
/mɑ̃.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 manque
/mɑ̃k/		 manques
/mɑ̃k/		 manque
/mɑ̃k/		 manquions
/mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/		 manquiez
/mɑ̃.kje/		 manquent
/mɑ̃k/
imperfect2 manquasse
/mɑ̃.kas/		 manquasses
/mɑ̃.kas/		 manquât
/mɑ̃.ka/		 manquassions
/mɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/		 manquassiez
/mɑ̃.ka.sje/		 manquassent
/mɑ̃.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — manque
/mɑ̃k/		 — manquons
/mɑ̃.kɔ̃/		 manquez
/mɑ̃.ke/		 —
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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