chevroter

French

Etymology

From chèvre +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.vʁɔ.te/
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Verb

chevroter

  1. (intransitive, of the voice) to quaver
  2. (ambitransitive) to bleat

Conjugation

Conjugation of chevroter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chevroter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chevrotant
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chevroté
/ʃə.vʁɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chevrote
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrotes
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrote
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrotons
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɔ̃/ 		chevrotez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ 		chevrotent
/ʃə.vʁɔt/
imperfect chevrotais
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ 		chevrotais
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ 		chevrotait
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/ 		chevrotions
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		chevrotiez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tje/ 		chevrotaient
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 chevrotai
/ʃə.vʁɔ.te/ 		chevrotas
/ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ 		chevrota
/ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ 		chevrotâmes
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tam/ 		chevrotâtes
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tat/ 		chevrotèrent
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛʁ/
future chevroterai
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁe/ 		chevroteras
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁa/ 		chevrotera
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁa/ 		chevroterons
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		chevroterez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁe/ 		chevroteront
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional chevroterais
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ 		chevroterais
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ 		chevroterait
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tʁɛ/ 		chevroterions
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chevroteriez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		chevroteraient
/ʃə.vʁɔ.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 chevrote
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrotes
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrote
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		chevrotions
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		chevrotiez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tje/ 		chevrotent
/ʃə.vʁɔt/
imperfect2 chevrotasse
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/ 		chevrotasses
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/ 		chevrotât
/ʃə.vʁɔ.ta/ 		chevrotassions
/ʃə.vʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		chevrotassiez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.ta.sje/ 		chevrotassent
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chevrote
/ʃə.vʁɔt/ 		— chevrotons
/ʃə.vʁɔ.tɔ̃/ 		chevrotez
/ʃə.vʁɔ.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).

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