picoter

French

Etymology

From piquer +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.kɔ.te/
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Verb

picoter

  1. (of a bird) to peck
  2. (informal) to bug, to pester, to annoy
  3. to itch, to prickle
  4. to tingle

Conjugation

Conjugation of picoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple picoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple picotant
/pi.kɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle picoté
/pi.kɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present picote
/pi.kɔt/ 		picotes
/pi.kɔt/ 		picote
/pi.kɔt/ 		picotons
/pi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ 		picotez
/pi.kɔ.te/ 		picotent
/pi.kɔt/
imperfect picotais
/pi.kɔ.tɛ/ 		picotais
/pi.kɔ.tɛ/ 		picotait
/pi.kɔ.tɛ/ 		picotions
/pi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		picotiez
/pi.kɔ.tje/ 		picotaient
/pi.kɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 picotai
/pi.kɔ.te/ 		picotas
/pi.kɔ.ta/ 		picota
/pi.kɔ.ta/ 		picotâmes
/pi.kɔ.tam/ 		picotâtes
/pi.kɔ.tat/ 		picotèrent
/pi.kɔ.tɛʁ/
future picoterai
/pi.kɔ.tʁe/ 		picoteras
/pi.kɔ.tʁa/ 		picotera
/pi.kɔ.tʁa/ 		picoterons
/pi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		picoterez
/pi.kɔ.tʁe/ 		picoteront
/pi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional picoterais
/pi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		picoterais
/pi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		picoterait
/pi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		picoterions
/pi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		picoteriez
/pi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		picoteraient
/pi.kɔ.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 picote
/pi.kɔt/ 		picotes
/pi.kɔt/ 		picote
/pi.kɔt/ 		picotions
/pi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		picotiez
/pi.kɔ.tje/ 		picotent
/pi.kɔt/
imperfect2 picotasse
/pi.kɔ.tas/ 		picotasses
/pi.kɔ.tas/ 		picotât
/pi.kɔ.ta/ 		picotassions
/pi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		picotassiez
/pi.kɔ.ta.sje/ 		picotassent
/pi.kɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — picote
/pi.kɔt/ 		— picotons
/pi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ 		picotez
/pi.kɔ.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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