ragoter

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/

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Verb

ragoter

1. (colloquial, intransitive) to gossip

Conjugation

Conjugation of ragoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ragoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ragotant /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ragoté /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragotes /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragotons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	ragotez /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/	ragotent /ʁa.ɡɔt/
	imperfect	ragotais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ragotais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ragotait /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ragotions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	ragotiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tje/	ragotaient /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	ragotai /ʁa.ɡɔ.te/	ragotas /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/	ragota /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/	ragotâmes /ʁa.ɡɔ.tam/	ragotâtes /ʁa.ɡɔ.tat/	ragotèrent /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	ragoterai /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁe/	ragoteras /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁa/	ragotera /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁa/	ragoterons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/	ragoterez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁe/	ragoteront /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ragoterais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ragoterais /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ragoterait /ʁa.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ragoterions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	ragoteriez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/	ragoteraient /ʁa.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	ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragotes /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/	ragotions /ʁa.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	ragotiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.tje/	ragotent /ʁa.ɡɔt/
	imperfect2	ragotasse /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/	ragotasses /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/	ragotât /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta/	ragotassions /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	ragotassiez /ʁa.ɡɔ.ta.sje/	ragotassent /ʁa.ɡɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ragote /ʁa.ɡɔt/	—	ragotons /ʁa.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	ragotez /ʁa.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: 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).

Related terms

• ragot

Further reading

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