papouiller

French

Etymology

From papouille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pu.je/

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Verb

papouiller

1. to pet, snuggle, caress

Usage notes

This verb can have a sexual connotation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of papouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	papouiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	papouillant /pa.pu.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		papouillé /pa.pu.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	papouille /pa.puj/	papouilles /pa.puj/	papouille /pa.puj/	papouillons /pa.pu.jɔ̃/	papouillez /pa.pu.je/	papouillent /pa.puj/
	imperfect	papouillais /pa.pu.jɛ/	papouillais /pa.pu.jɛ/	papouillait /pa.pu.jɛ/	papouillions /pa.puj.jɔ̃/	papouilliez /pa.puj.je/	papouillaient /pa.pu.jɛ/
	past historic2	papouillai /pa.pu.je/	papouillas /pa.pu.ja/	papouilla /pa.pu.ja/	papouillâmes /pa.pu.jam/	papouillâtes /pa.pu.jat/	papouillèrent /pa.pu.jɛʁ/
	future	papouillerai /pa.puj.ʁe/	papouilleras /pa.puj.ʁa/	papouillera /pa.puj.ʁa/	papouillerons /pa.puj.ʁɔ̃/	papouillerez /pa.puj.ʁe/	papouilleront /pa.puj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	papouillerais /pa.puj.ʁɛ/	papouillerais /pa.puj.ʁɛ/	papouillerait /pa.puj.ʁɛ/	papouillerions /pa.pu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	papouilleriez /pa.pu.jə.ʁje/	papouilleraient /pa.puj.ʁɛ/
(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	papouille /pa.puj/	papouilles /pa.puj/	papouille /pa.puj/	papouillions /pa.puj.jɔ̃/	papouilliez /pa.puj.je/	papouillent /pa.puj/
	imperfect2	papouillasse /pa.pu.jas/	papouillasses /pa.pu.jas/	papouillât /pa.pu.ja/	papouillassions /pa.pu.ja.sjɔ̃/	papouillassiez /pa.pu.ja.sje/	papouillassent /pa.pu.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	papouille /pa.puj/	—	papouillons /pa.pu.jɔ̃/	papouillez /pa.pu.je/	—
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).

See also

• chatouiller