bloquer

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɔke/

Verb

bloquer

  1. to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
    Un arbre bloque le passage.
    A tree is blocking [off] the passage.
  2. to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
  3. to freeze (e.g. prices)
    Les agriculteurs souhaitent bloquer le prix de leur blé.
    The farmers are wishing to block the price of their wheat.
  4. to defeat
    Ils doivent bloquer ses adversaires.
    They must defeat their opponents.
  5. to block, to impede, to hinder
    L’adrénaline peut ralentir ou bloquer le travail.
    Adrenaline can slow down or impede work.
  6. (reflexive, of a computer program) To freeze, to lock up
  7. (reflexive) To become jammed
  8. (reflexive) To retreat

Conjugation
Conjugation of bloquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bloquant
/blɔ.kɑ̃/
past participle bloqué
/blɔ.ke/
infinitive
simple bloquer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bloquant
/blɔ.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 bloque
/blɔk/		 bloques
/blɔk/		 bloque
/blɔk/		 bloquons
/blɔ.kɔ̃/		 bloquez
/blɔ.ke/		 bloquent
/blɔk/
imperfect bloquais
/blɔ.kɛ/		 bloquais
/blɔ.kɛ/		 bloquait
/blɔ.kɛ/		 bloquions
/blɔ.kjɔ̃/		 bloquiez
/blɔ.kje/		 bloquaient
/blɔ.kɛ/
past historic2 bloquai
/blɔ.ke/		 bloquas
/blɔ.ka/		 bloqua
/blɔ.ka/		 bloquâmes
/blɔ.kam/		 bloquâtes
/blɔ.kat/		 bloquèrent
/blɔ.kɛʁ/
future bloquerai
/blɔ.kʁe/		 bloqueras
/blɔ.kʁa/		 bloquera
/blɔ.kʁa/		 bloquerons
/blɔ.kʁɔ̃/		 bloquerez
/blɔ.kʁe/		 bloqueront
/blɔ.kʁɔ̃/
conditional bloquerais
/blɔ.kʁɛ/		 bloquerais
/blɔ.kʁɛ/		 bloquerait
/blɔ.kʁɛ/		 bloquerions
/blɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bloqueriez
/blɔ.kə.ʁje/		 bloqueraient
/blɔ.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 bloque
/blɔk/		 bloques
/blɔk/		 bloque
/blɔk/		 bloquions
/blɔ.kjɔ̃/		 bloquiez
/blɔ.kje/		 bloquent
/blɔk/
imperfect2 bloquasse
/blɔ.kas/		 bloquasses
/blɔ.kas/		 bloquât
/blɔ.ka/		 bloquassions
/blɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/		 bloquassiez
/blɔ.ka.sje/		 bloquassent
/blɔ.kas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bloque
/blɔk/		 — bloquons
/blɔ.kɔ̃/		 bloquez
/blɔ.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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