menotter

French

Etymology

From menotte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

menotter

1. to handcuff

Conjugation

Conjugation of menotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	menotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	menottant /mə.nɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		menotté /mə.nɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	menotte /mə.nɔt/	menottes /mə.nɔt/	menotte /mə.nɔt/	menottons /mə.nɔ.tɔ̃/	menottez /mə.nɔ.te/	menottent /mə.nɔt/
	imperfect	menottais /mə.nɔ.tɛ/	menottais /mə.nɔ.tɛ/	menottait /mə.nɔ.tɛ/	menottions /mə.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	menottiez /mə.nɔ.tje/	menottaient /mə.nɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	menottai /mə.nɔ.te/	menottas /mə.nɔ.ta/	menotta /mə.nɔ.ta/	menottâmes /mə.nɔ.tam/	menottâtes /mə.nɔ.tat/	menottèrent /mə.nɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	menotterai /mə.nɔ.tʁe/	menotteras /mə.nɔ.tʁa/	menottera /mə.nɔ.tʁa/	menotterons /mə.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/	menotterez /mə.nɔ.tʁe/	menotteront /mə.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	menotterais /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/	menotterais /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/	menotterait /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/	menotterions /mə.nɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	menotteriez /mə.nɔ.tə.ʁje/	menotteraient /mə.nɔ.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	menotte /mə.nɔt/	menottes /mə.nɔt/	menotte /mə.nɔt/	menottions /mə.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	menottiez /mə.nɔ.tje/	menottent /mə.nɔt/
	imperfect2	menottasse /mə.nɔ.tas/	menottasses /mə.nɔ.tas/	menottât /mə.nɔ.ta/	menottassions /mə.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	menottassiez /mə.nɔ.ta.sje/	menottassent /mə.nɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	menotte /mə.nɔt/	—	menottons /mə.nɔ.tɔ̃/	menottez /mə.nɔ.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

• démenotter

Further reading

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