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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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abdiquer

  1. (ambitransitive) to abdicate (one's powers)
    Beatrix des Pays-Bas a abdiqué en 2013. ― Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated in 2013.
  2. (intransitive, formal) to give up; to abandon

Conjugation

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Conjugation of abdiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abdiquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abdiquant
/ab.di.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abdiqué
/ab.di.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abdique
/ab.dik/ 		abdiques
/ab.dik/ 		abdique
/ab.dik/ 		abdiquons
/ab.di.kɔ̃/ 		abdiquez
/ab.di.ke/ 		abdiquent
/ab.dik/
imperfect abdiquais
/ab.di.kɛ/ 		abdiquais
/ab.di.kɛ/ 		abdiquait
/ab.di.kɛ/ 		abdiquions
/ab.di.kjɔ̃/ 		abdiquiez
/ab.di.kje/ 		abdiquaient
/ab.di.kɛ/
past historic2 abdiquai
/ab.di.ke/ 		abdiquas
/ab.di.ka/ 		abdiqua
/ab.di.ka/ 		abdiquâmes
/ab.di.kam/ 		abdiquâtes
/ab.di.kat/ 		abdiquèrent
/ab.di.kɛʁ/
future abdiquerai
/ab.di.kʁe/ 		abdiqueras
/ab.di.kʁa/ 		abdiquera
/ab.di.kʁa/ 		abdiquerons
/ab.di.kʁɔ̃/ 		abdiquerez
/ab.di.kʁe/ 		abdiqueront
/ab.di.kʁɔ̃/
conditional abdiquerais
/ab.di.kʁɛ/ 		abdiquerais
/ab.di.kʁɛ/ 		abdiquerait
/ab.di.kʁɛ/ 		abdiquerions
/ab.di.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abdiqueriez
/ab.di.kə.ʁje/ 		abdiqueraient
/ab.di.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 abdique
/ab.dik/ 		abdiques
/ab.dik/ 		abdique
/ab.dik/ 		abdiquions
/ab.di.kjɔ̃/ 		abdiquiez
/ab.di.kje/ 		abdiquent
/ab.dik/
imperfect2 abdiquasse
/ab.di.kas/ 		abdiquasses
/ab.di.kas/ 		abdiquât
/ab.di.ka/ 		abdiquassions
/ab.di.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		abdiquassiez
/ab.di.ka.sje/ 		abdiquassent
/ab.di.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abdique
/ab.dik/ 		— abdiquons
/ab.di.kɔ̃/ 		abdiquez
/ab.di.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).

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