dorloter

French

Etymology

From Old French dorelot + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ.lɔ.te/

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Verb

dorloter

1. to pamper, cosset

Conjugation

Conjugation of dorloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dorloter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dorlotant /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dorloté /dɔʁ.lɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dorlote /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlotes /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlote /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlotons /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɔ̃/	dorlotez /dɔʁ.lɔ.te/	dorlotent /dɔʁ.lɔt/
	imperfect	dorlotais /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɛ/	dorlotais /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɛ/	dorlotait /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɛ/	dorlotions /dɔʁ.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	dorlotiez /dɔʁ.lɔ.tje/	dorlotaient /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	dorlotai /dɔʁ.lɔ.te/	dorlotas /dɔʁ.lɔ.ta/	dorlota /dɔʁ.lɔ.ta/	dorlotâmes /dɔʁ.lɔ.tam/	dorlotâtes /dɔʁ.lɔ.tat/	dorlotèrent /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	dorloterai /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁe/	dorloteras /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁa/	dorlotera /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁa/	dorloterons /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/	dorloterez /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁe/	dorloteront /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dorloterais /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁɛ/	dorloterais /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁɛ/	dorloterait /dɔʁ.lɔ.tʁɛ/	dorloterions /dɔʁ.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	dorloteriez /dɔʁ.lɔ.tə.ʁje/	dorloteraient /dɔʁ.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	dorlote /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlotes /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlote /dɔʁ.lɔt/	dorlotions /dɔʁ.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	dorlotiez /dɔʁ.lɔ.tje/	dorlotent /dɔʁ.lɔt/
	imperfect2	dorlotasse /dɔʁ.lɔ.tas/	dorlotasses /dɔʁ.lɔ.tas/	dorlotât /dɔʁ.lɔ.ta/	dorlotassions /dɔʁ.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	dorlotassiez /dɔʁ.lɔ.ta.sje/	dorlotassent /dɔʁ.lɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dorlote /dɔʁ.lɔt/	—	dorlotons /dɔʁ.lɔ.tɔ̃/	dorlotez /dɔʁ.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).

Further reading

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