attaquer

French

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Italian attaccare. Doublet of attacher.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.ta.ke/
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    Verb

    attaquer (transitive)

    1. to attack
      Synonym: assaillir
      La Russie a attaqué l'Ukraine avec des missiles.
      Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles.
      Ce livre attaque la position de Marx.
      This book attacks Marx's position.
    2. to diminish; to spoil; to erode
      Synonyms: ronger, détériorer
      La rouille attaque le fer.
      Rust erodes iron.
      • 1952, Frantz Fanon, “Introduction”, in Peau noire, masques blancs [Black Skin, White Masks], Paris, France: Éditions du Seuil, page 9:
        Mais le fait, pour moi, de me sentir étranger au monde du schizophrène ou à celui de l'impuissant sexuel n'attaque en rien leur réalité.
        But the fact that I feel a stranger in the world of the schizophrenic, or the world of a sexually impotent man, in no way diminishes their realness.
    3. to begin; to undertake (an enterprise, an endeavor, a task)
      Synonyms: entreprendre, commencer
      Je vais attaquer mes devoirs.
      I'm going to start doing my homework.
    4. (sailing) to approach (a shore)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of attaquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple attaquer
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple attaquant
    /a.ta.kɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle attaqué
    /a.ta.ke/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present attaque
    /a.tak/     		attaques
    /a.tak/     		attaque
    /a.tak/     		attaquons
    /a.ta.kɔ̃/     		attaquez
    /a.ta.ke/     		attaquent
    /a.tak/
    imperfect attaquais
    /a.ta.kɛ/     		attaquais
    /a.ta.kɛ/     		attaquait
    /a.ta.kɛ/     		attaquions
    /a.ta.kjɔ̃/     		attaquiez
    /a.ta.kje/     		attaquaient
    /a.ta.kɛ/
    past historic2 attaquai
    /a.ta.ke/     		attaquas
    /a.ta.ka/     		attaqua
    /a.ta.ka/     		attaquâmes
    /a.ta.kam/     		attaquâtes
    /a.ta.kat/     		attaquèrent
    /a.ta.kɛʁ/
    future attaquerai
    /a.ta.kʁe/     		attaqueras
    /a.ta.kʁa/     		attaquera
    /a.ta.kʁa/     		attaquerons
    /a.ta.kʁɔ̃/     		attaquerez
    /a.ta.kʁe/     		attaqueront
    /a.ta.kʁɔ̃/
    conditional attaquerais
    /a.ta.kʁɛ/     		attaquerais
    /a.ta.kʁɛ/     		attaquerait
    /a.ta.kʁɛ/     		attaquerions
    /a.ta.kə.ʁjɔ̃/     		attaqueriez
    /a.ta.kə.ʁje/     		attaqueraient
    /a.ta.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 attaque
    /a.tak/     		attaques
    /a.tak/     		attaque
    /a.tak/     		attaquions
    /a.ta.kjɔ̃/     		attaquiez
    /a.ta.kje/     		attaquent
    /a.tak/
    imperfect2 attaquasse
    /a.ta.kas/     		attaquasses
    /a.ta.kas/     		attaquât
    /a.ta.ka/     		attaquassions
    /a.ta.ka.sjɔ̃/     		attaquassiez
    /a.ta.ka.sje/     		attaquassent
    /a.ta.kas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — attaque
    /a.tak/     		— attaquons
    /a.ta.kɔ̃/     		attaquez
    /a.ta.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).

    Descendants

    • → German: attackieren
    • → Romanian: ataca

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