zyeuter

French

Alternative forms

• zieuter

Etymology

From les yeux (“the eyes”) (pronounced /lez‿jø/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zjø.te/

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Verb

zyeuter

1. (colloquial) to eye; to ogle (to watch); to squint at
   • 2014, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Tram 83:

     En soulevant son verre, il entrevit les deux filles d’hier qui de loin les zieutaient.

     As he lifted his glass, he caught sight of the two girls from yesterday, who were eyeing them from a distance.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zyeuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zyeuter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zyeutant /zjø.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zyeuté /zjø.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zyeute /zjøt/	zyeutes /zjøt/	zyeute /zjøt/	zyeutons /zjø.tɔ̃/	zyeutez /zjø.te/	zyeutent /zjøt/
	imperfect	zyeutais /zjø.tɛ/	zyeutais /zjø.tɛ/	zyeutait /zjø.tɛ/	zyeutions /zjø.tjɔ̃/	zyeutiez /zjø.tje/	zyeutaient /zjø.tɛ/
	past historic2	zyeutai /zjø.te/	zyeutas /zjø.ta/	zyeuta /zjø.ta/	zyeutâmes /zjø.tam/	zyeutâtes /zjø.tat/	zyeutèrent /zjø.tɛʁ/
	future	zyeuterai /zjø.tʁe/	zyeuteras /zjø.tʁa/	zyeutera /zjø.tʁa/	zyeuterons /zjø.tʁɔ̃/	zyeuterez /zjø.tʁe/	zyeuteront /zjø.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zyeuterais /zjø.tʁɛ/	zyeuterais /zjø.tʁɛ/	zyeuterait /zjø.tʁɛ/	zyeuterions /zjø.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	zyeuteriez /zjø.tə.ʁje/	zyeuteraient /zjø.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	zyeute /zjøt/	zyeutes /zjøt/	zyeute /zjøt/	zyeutions /zjø.tjɔ̃/	zyeutiez /zjø.tje/	zyeutent /zjøt/
	imperfect2	zyeutasse /zjø.tas/	zyeutasses /zjø.tas/	zyeutât /zjø.ta/	zyeutassions /zjø.ta.sjɔ̃/	zyeutassiez /zjø.ta.sje/	zyeutassent /zjø.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zyeute /zjøt/	—	zyeutons /zjø.tɔ̃/	zyeutez /zjø.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

• “zyeuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Collins French-English English-French Dictionary