ergoter
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ergoter
- (figuratively) to quibble; to argue; to contest
- (transitive) to prune a tree or plant
- (of poultry) to scratch with the dewclaw (spur)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ergoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ergoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ergotant /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ergoté /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotes /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ergotez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
ergotent /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | ergotais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotait /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ergotiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ergotaient /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ergotai /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
ergotas /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergota /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergotâmes /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tam/ |
ergotâtes /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tat/ |
ergotèrent /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ergoterai /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ergoteras /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ergotera /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ergoterons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
ergoterez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ergoteront /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ergoterais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterait /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ergoteriez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
ergoteraient /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.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 | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotes /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ergotiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ergotent /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | ergotasse /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ergotasses /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ergotât /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergotassions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ergotassiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
ergotassent /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
— | ergotons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ergotez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “ergoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.