The French for sting is the verb piquer

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French for sting is the regular ER verb piquer, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb piquer - French for sting

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of piquer, which is French for sting.

• I sting.
• you stung.
• he will sting.
• we would sting.
• they may sting.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for piquer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE piquer
Simple Tenses piquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent sting	pique	piques	pique	piquons	piquez	piquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait stung	piquais	piquais	piquait	piquions	piquiez	piquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple stung	piquai	piquas	piqua	piquâmes	piquâtes	piquèrent
Future Futur will sting	piquerai	piqueras	piquera	piquerons	piquerez	piqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would sting	piquerais	piquerais	piquerait	piquerions	piqueriez	piqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may sting	pique	piques	pique	piquions	piquiez	piquent
Compound Tenses piquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have stung	ai piqué	as piqué	a piqué	avons piqué	avez piqué	ont piqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had stung	avais piqué	avais piqué	avait piqué	avions piqué	aviez piqué	avaient piqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai piqué	auras piqué	aura piqué	aurons piqué	aurez piqué	auront piqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have stung	aurais piqué	aurais piqué	aurait piqué	aurions piqué	auriez piqué	auraient piqué
Imperative Imperatif sting!		pique		piquons	piquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of piquer the French for sting
présent de l’indicatif

je pique
- I sting
tu piques
- you sting - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pique
- he, she, it, one stings
nous piquons
- we sting
vous piquez
- you sting (formal or plural)
ils, elles piquent
- they sting

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
imparfait de l’indicatif

je piquais
- I stung
- I was stinging
tu piquais
- you stung- (familiar or informal)
- you were stinging
il, elle, on piquait
- he, she, it, one stung
- he, she, it, one was stinging
nous piquions
- we stung
- we were stinging
vous piquiez
- you stung- (formal or plural)
- you were stinging
ils, elles piquaient
- they stung
- they were stinging

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
passé simple

je piquai
- I stung
tu piquas
- you stung- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on piqua
- he, she, it, one stung
nous piquâmes
- we stung
vous piquâtes
- you stung- (formal or plural)
ils, elles piquèrent
they stung
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
futur

je piquerai
- I will sting
tu piqueras
- you will sting (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on piquera
- he, she, it, one will sting
nous piquerons
- we will sting
vous piquerez
- you will sting (formal or plural)
ils, elles piqueront
- they will sting

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Conditional Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
conditionnel

je piquerais
- I would sting
tu piquerais
- you would sting (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on piquerait
- he, she, it, one would sting
nous piquerions
- we would sting
vous piqueriez
- you would sting (formal or plural)
ils, elles piqueraient
- they would sting

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
présent de subjonctif

que je pique
- that I may sting
que tu piques
- that you may sting(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on pique
- that he, she, it, one may sting
que nous piquions
- that we may sting
que vous piquiez
- that you may sting(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles piquent
- that they may sting

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb piquer - the verb ‘to sting’ in French

Past Participle of piquer is:
piqué -stung.

The various tenses of the French verb - to have - avoirecause the past participle is used with , to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have stung
• you had stung
• he will have stung
• we would have stung

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of piquer - French for sting
passé composé

Here’s the French for sting conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai piqué
- I have stung or I did sting or
- I stung
tu as piqué
- you have stung or you did sting - (familiar or informal) or
- you stung
il, elle, on a piqué
- he, she, it, one has sting or did sting
- he, she, it stung
nous avons piqué
- we have stung or we did sting
- we stung
vous avez piqué
- you have stung or you did sting (formal or plural) or
- or we stung
ils, elles ont piqué
- they have stung or they did sting
- they stung

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of piquer - sting in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -sting conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais piqué
- I had stung
tu avais piqué
- you had stung- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait piqué
- he, she, it, one had stung
nous avions piqué
- we had stung
vous aviez piqué
- you had stung (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient piqué
- they had stung

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
futur antérieur

j’aurai piqué
- I will have
tu auras piqué
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura piqué
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons piqué
- we will have
vous aurez piqué
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront piqué
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
conditionnel passé

j’aurais piqué
- I would have stung
tu aurais piqué
- you would have stung- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait piqué
- he, she, it, one would have stung
nous aurions piqué
- we would have stung
vous auriez piqué
- you would have stung- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient piqué
- they would have stung

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Imperative Tense conjugations of piquer, the French for sting
impératif

pique
- sting!
piquons
- let’s sting!
piquez
- sting!

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Present Participle of piquer

piquant - stinging

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