clapoter
French edit
Etymology edit
From claper (“to clap”) + -oter.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
clapoter
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of clapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clapoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clapotant /kla.pɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clapoté /kla.pɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clapote /kla.pɔt/ |
clapotes /kla.pɔt/ |
clapote /kla.pɔt/ |
clapotons /kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
clapotez /kla.pɔ.te/ |
clapotent /kla.pɔt/ |
| imperfect | clapotais /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ |
clapotais /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ |
clapotait /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ |
clapotions /kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
clapotiez /kla.pɔ.tje/ |
clapotaient /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clapotai /kla.pɔ.te/ |
clapotas /kla.pɔ.ta/ |
clapota /kla.pɔ.ta/ |
clapotâmes /kla.pɔ.tam/ |
clapotâtes /kla.pɔ.tat/ |
clapotèrent /kla.pɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | clapoterai /kla.pɔ.tʁe/ |
clapoteras /kla.pɔ.tʁa/ |
clapotera /kla.pɔ.tʁa/ |
clapoterons /kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
clapoterez /kla.pɔ.tʁe/ |
clapoteront /kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clapoterais /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clapoterais /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clapoterait /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clapoterions /kla.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clapoteriez /kla.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
clapoteraient /kla.pɔ.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 | clapote /kla.pɔt/ |
clapotes /kla.pɔt/ |
clapote /kla.pɔt/ |
clapotions /kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
clapotiez /kla.pɔ.tje/ |
clapotent /kla.pɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | clapotasse /kla.pɔ.tas/ |
clapotasses /kla.pɔ.tas/ |
clapotât /kla.pɔ.ta/ |
clapotassions /kla.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
clapotassiez /kla.pɔ.ta.sje/ |
clapotassent /kla.pɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clapote /kla.pɔt/ |
— | clapotons /kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
clapotez /kla.pɔ.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
- “clapoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.