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moquer
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French
Etymology
From Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, speak with half-opened mouth”), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Cognate with Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Old High German muckazzen (“to speak quietly, say a word”) (Modern German mucksen). More at mock.
Pronunciation
Verb
moquer
- (transitive, literary) to mock
- (reflexive) to make fun (of someone) [with de]
- (reflexive) to be indifferent; to not care (about something) [with de]
- 1943, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, chapter VII, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 31:
- Je me moquais bien de mon marteau, de mon boulon, de la soif et de la mort. Il y avait, sur une étoile, une planète, la mienne, la Terre, un petit prince à consoler !
- Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was a little prince to be comforted.
Conjugation
Conjugation of moquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Conjugation of se moquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Conjugation of s'en moquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “moquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Old French
Etymology
Middle Dutch mokken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble”), probably ultimately imitative.
Verb
moquer
- (reflexive, se moquer) to mock; to make fun of
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
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