gazouiller

French

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. In the Internet sense, a calque of English tweet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.zu.je/
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Verb

gazouiller

  1. (of a bird) to chirp, to twitter
  2. (of a baby) to gurgle
  3. (Canada, Internet) to tweet (microblogging)

Conjugation
Conjugation of gazouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gazouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gazouillant
/ɡa.zu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gazouillé
/ɡa.zu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gazouille
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouilles
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouille
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouillons
/ɡa.zu.jɔ̃/		 gazouillez
/ɡa.zu.je/		 gazouillent
/ɡa.zuj/
imperfect gazouillais
/ɡa.zu.jɛ/		 gazouillais
/ɡa.zu.jɛ/		 gazouillait
/ɡa.zu.jɛ/		 gazouillions
/ɡa.zuj.jɔ̃/		 gazouilliez
/ɡa.zuj.je/		 gazouillaient
/ɡa.zu.jɛ/
past historic2 gazouillai
/ɡa.zu.je/		 gazouillas
/ɡa.zu.ja/		 gazouilla
/ɡa.zu.ja/		 gazouillâmes
/ɡa.zu.jam/		 gazouillâtes
/ɡa.zu.jat/		 gazouillèrent
/ɡa.zu.jɛʁ/
future gazouillerai
/ɡa.zuj.ʁe/		 gazouilleras
/ɡa.zuj.ʁa/		 gazouillera
/ɡa.zuj.ʁa/		 gazouillerons
/ɡa.zuj.ʁɔ̃/		 gazouillerez
/ɡa.zuj.ʁe/		 gazouilleront
/ɡa.zuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gazouillerais
/ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/		 gazouillerais
/ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/		 gazouillerait
/ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/		 gazouillerions
/ɡa.zu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gazouilleriez
/ɡa.zu.jə.ʁje/		 gazouilleraient
/ɡa.zuj.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 gazouille
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouilles
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouille
/ɡa.zuj/		 gazouillions
/ɡa.zuj.jɔ̃/		 gazouilliez
/ɡa.zuj.je/		 gazouillent
/ɡa.zuj/
imperfect2 gazouillasse
/ɡa.zu.jas/		 gazouillasses
/ɡa.zu.jas/		 gazouillât
/ɡa.zu.ja/		 gazouillassions
/ɡa.zu.ja.sjɔ̃/		 gazouillassiez
/ɡa.zu.ja.sje/		 gazouillassent
/ɡa.zu.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gazouille
/ɡa.zuj/		 — gazouillons
/ɡa.zu.jɔ̃/		 gazouillez
/ɡa.zu.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).

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