boulotter

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

boulotter

1. (informal) to eat, to consume

   Synonym: manger

Conjugation

Conjugation of boulotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boulotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boulottant /bu.lɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boulotté /bu.lɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boulotte /bu.lɔt/	boulottes /bu.lɔt/	boulotte /bu.lɔt/	boulottons /bu.lɔ.tɔ̃/	boulottez /bu.lɔ.te/	boulottent /bu.lɔt/
	imperfect	boulottais /bu.lɔ.tɛ/	boulottais /bu.lɔ.tɛ/	boulottait /bu.lɔ.tɛ/	boulottions /bu.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	boulottiez /bu.lɔ.tje/	boulottaient /bu.lɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	boulottai /bu.lɔ.te/	boulottas /bu.lɔ.ta/	boulotta /bu.lɔ.ta/	boulottâmes /bu.lɔ.tam/	boulottâtes /bu.lɔ.tat/	boulottèrent /bu.lɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	boulotterai /bu.lɔ.tʁe/	boulotteras /bu.lɔ.tʁa/	boulottera /bu.lɔ.tʁa/	boulotterons /bu.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/	boulotterez /bu.lɔ.tʁe/	boulotteront /bu.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boulotterais /bu.lɔ.tʁɛ/	boulotterais /bu.lɔ.tʁɛ/	boulotterait /bu.lɔ.tʁɛ/	boulotterions /bu.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	boulotteriez /bu.lɔ.tə.ʁje/	boulotteraient /bu.lɔ.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	boulotte /bu.lɔt/	boulottes /bu.lɔt/	boulotte /bu.lɔt/	boulottions /bu.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	boulottiez /bu.lɔ.tje/	boulottent /bu.lɔt/
	imperfect2	boulottasse /bu.lɔ.tas/	boulottasses /bu.lɔ.tas/	boulottât /bu.lɔ.ta/	boulottassions /bu.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	boulottassiez /bu.lɔ.ta.sje/	boulottassent /bu.lɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boulotte /bu.lɔt/	—	boulottons /bu.lɔ.tɔ̃/	boulottez /bu.lɔ.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: 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).

Derived terms

• boulotteur

Further reading

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