sangloter
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French sangloter, from Vulgar Latin *singluttāre, from Latin singultāre, with influence from gluttīre. Compare Italian singhiozzare, Catalan sanglotar.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
sangloter
- (intransitive) to sob
- 1869, Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune [Moonlight][1]:
- Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
- And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sangloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sangloter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sanglotant /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sangloté /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sanglote /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglotes /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglote /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglotons /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɔ̃/ |
sanglotez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.te/ |
sanglotent /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
| imperfect | sanglotais /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɛ/ |
sanglotais /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɛ/ |
sanglotait /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɛ/ |
sanglotions /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
sanglotiez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tje/ |
sanglotaient /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sanglotai /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.te/ |
sanglotas /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.ta/ |
sanglota /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.ta/ |
sanglotâmes /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tam/ |
sanglotâtes /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tat/ |
sanglotèrent /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | sangloterai /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁe/ |
sangloteras /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁa/ |
sanglotera /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁa/ |
sangloterons /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
sangloterez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁe/ |
sangloteront /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sangloterais /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁɛ/ |
sangloterais /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁɛ/ |
sangloterait /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tʁɛ/ |
sangloterions /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sangloteriez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
sangloteraient /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.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 | sanglote /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglotes /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglote /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
sanglotions /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
sanglotiez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tje/ |
sanglotent /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | sanglotasse /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tas/ |
sanglotasses /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tas/ |
sanglotât /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.ta/ |
sanglotassions /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sanglotassiez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.ta.sje/ |
sanglotassent /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sanglote /sɑ̃.ɡlɔt/ |
— | sanglotons /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.tɔ̃/ |
sanglotez /sɑ̃.ɡlɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sangloter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.