chuchoter

French

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/

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Verb

chuchoter

1. to whisper
2. to gossip

   Je ne parle jamais avec elle car elle chuchote toujours à quiconque l’écoute sur tout le monde.

   I never speak with her because she's always whispering about everyone to anyone who will listen.

3. (of leaves) to rustle

Conjugation

Conjugation of chuchoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chuchoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chuchotant /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chuchoté /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/	chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/	chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/
	imperfect	chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/	chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/	chuchotait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/	chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/	chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/	chuchotaient /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	chuchotai /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/	chuchotas /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/	chuchota /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/	chuchotâmes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tam/	chuchotâtes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tat/	chuchotèrent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	chuchoterai /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/	chuchoteras /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/	chuchotera /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/	chuchoterons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/	chuchoterez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/	chuchoteront /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	chuchoterait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	chuchoterions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	chuchoteriez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/	chuchoteraient /ʃy.ʃɔ.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	chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/	chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/	chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/	chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/
	imperfect2	chuchotasse /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/	chuchotasses /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/	chuchotât /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/	chuchotassions /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	chuchotassiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sje/	chuchotassent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/	—	chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/	chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.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

• chuchotement
• chuchoteur
• chuchotis

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: șușoti

Further reading

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

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Verb

chuchoter

1. (Jersey) to whisper

Derived terms

• chuchoteux (“whisperer”)