Polyglot Dictionary

évoquer

/evɔke/

verb B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
évoque
past
a évoqué
perfect
évoqué

Meaning

  1. to evoke, to call to mind

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Usage notes

Used for a memory, feeling or image triggered indirectly -- a smell, a song, a place -- not for recalling a hard fact.

Practice

1 What does évoquer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cette chanson ___ mon enfance.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches évoquer?

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