asticoter
French
editEtymology
editFrom an earlier dasticoter, from German daß dich Gott... ("may God..."), the first words of numerous curses in that language, probably introduced by German mercenaries.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editasticoter
- (transitive) to annoy, needle
Conjugation
editConjugation of asticoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | asticoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | asticotant /as.ti.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | asticoté /as.ti.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
asticotez /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/ |
imperfect | asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotait /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ |
asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/ |
asticotaient /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | asticotai /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
asticotas /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticota /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticotâmes /as.ti.kɔ.tam/ |
asticotâtes /as.ti.kɔ.tat/ |
asticotèrent /as.ti.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | asticoterai /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/ |
asticoteras /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/ |
asticotera /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/ |
asticoterons /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
asticoterez /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/ |
asticoteront /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterait /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
asticoterions /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
asticoteriez /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
asticoteraient /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/ |
asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | asticotasse /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ |
asticotasses /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ |
asticotât /as.ti.kɔ.ta/ |
asticotassions /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
asticotassiez /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
asticotassent /as.ti.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | asticote /as.ti.kɔt/ |
— | asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
asticotez /as.ti.kɔ.te/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
edit- “asticoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.