niquer

French

Alternative forms

• n*quer (censored)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ke/

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Etymology 1

From faire la nique, nique ‎ -er (verb suffix).

Verb

niquer (intransitive)

1. (obsolete, dice games) to obtain what was announced on the first throw

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic نيك (nīk), imperfect stem of ناك (nāk), from Arabic ناكَ (nāka). This is the accepted etymology; a theoretically possible derivation from unrelated Dutch neuken is unlikely both on phonetic grounds and because the vulgar use of this word was originally restricted to the more northern dialects of Dutch.

Verb

niquer

1. (slang, vulgar) to fuck, shag, screw

   J’ai envie de la niquer. ― I want to fuck her.

2. (slang) to deceive

   Il m’a bien niqué, avec ses belles promesses. ― He really had me with all his promises.

3. (slang) to break, destroy

   Il a niqué mon smartphone. ― He fucked up my smartphone.

4. (slang) to steal
5. (slang) to beat, hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of niquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	niquer
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	niquant /ni.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		niqué /ni.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nique /nik/	niques /nik/	nique /nik/	niquons /ni.kɔ̃/	niquez /ni.ke/	niquent /nik/
	imperfect	niquais /ni.kɛ/	niquais /ni.kɛ/	niquait /ni.kɛ/	niquions /ni.kjɔ̃/	niquiez /ni.kje/	niquaient /ni.kɛ/
	past historic2	niquai /ni.ke/	niquas /ni.ka/	niqua /ni.ka/	niquâmes /ni.kam/	niquâtes /ni.kat/	niquèrent /ni.kɛʁ/
	future	niquerai /ni.kʁe/	niqueras /ni.kʁa/	niquera /ni.kʁa/	niquerons /ni.kʁɔ̃/	niquerez /ni.kʁe/	niqueront /ni.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	niquerais /ni.kʁɛ/	niquerais /ni.kʁɛ/	niquerait /ni.kʁɛ/	niquerions /ni.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	niqueriez /ni.kə.ʁje/	niqueraient /ni.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	nique /nik/	niques /nik/	nique /nik/	niquions /ni.kjɔ̃/	niquiez /ni.kje/	niquent /nik/
	imperfect2	niquasse /ni.kas/	niquasses /ni.kas/	niquât /ni.ka/	niquassions /ni.ka.sjɔ̃/	niquassiez /ni.ka.sje/	niquassent /ni.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nique /nik/	—	niquons /ni.kɔ̃/	niquez /ni.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).

Synonyms

(to fuck, shag, screw):

• baiser
• défoncer
• doeser
• faire l’amour
• forniquer
• fourrer
• foutre
• limer
• mettre
• piner
• poutrer
• prendre
• sauter
• tringler
• troncher

(to deceive):

• avoir
• baiser
• duper
• enculer
• entourlouper
• rouler
• entuber

(to steal):

• chourrer
• chourraver
• carotter
• chaparder
• dérober
• subtiliser
• taxer
• tirer
• arrêter
• attraper
• choper
• prendre
• faucher
• piquer

(to break):

• abîmer
• casser
• détruire
• esquinter
• foutre en l’air
• péter

(to beat, hit):

• casser la gueule
• filer une râclée
• filer une rouste
• flanquer une rouste
• flanquer une râclée

Derived terms

• ken
• aller se faire niquer
• niquer le burnous (North Africa)
• niquer sa mère
• nique sa mère
• niquer sa race (France)
• niqueur
• niqué

Further reading

• “niquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• quiner
• requin