capoter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French capote, from cape.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.pɔ.te/
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Verb

capoter

  1. (intransitive) to overturn (of a boat, car etc.)
  2. (intransitive) to derail
  3. (figurative, intransitive) to fail
    Synonyms: annuler, échouer
    faire capoter un plan
    to make a plan fail
  4. (intransitive, Quebec) to flounder
  5. (intransitive, Quebec, colloquial) to freak out, to lose it

Conjugation
Conjugation of capoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple capoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple capotant
/ka.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle capoté
/ka.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present capote
/ka.pɔt/		 capotes
/ka.pɔt/		 capote
/ka.pɔt/		 capotons
/ka.pɔ.tɔ̃/		 capotez
/ka.pɔ.te/		 capotent
/ka.pɔt/
imperfect capotais
/ka.pɔ.tɛ/		 capotais
/ka.pɔ.tɛ/		 capotait
/ka.pɔ.tɛ/		 capotions
/ka.pɔ.tjɔ̃/		 capotiez
/ka.pɔ.tje/		 capotaient
/ka.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 capotai
/ka.pɔ.te/		 capotas
/ka.pɔ.ta/		 capota
/ka.pɔ.ta/		 capotâmes
/ka.pɔ.tam/		 capotâtes
/ka.pɔ.tat/		 capotèrent
/ka.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future capoterai
/ka.pɔ.tʁe/		 capoteras
/ka.pɔ.tʁa/		 capotera
/ka.pɔ.tʁa/		 capoterons
/ka.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 capoterez
/ka.pɔ.tʁe/		 capoteront
/ka.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional capoterais
/ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 capoterais
/ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 capoterait
/ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 capoterions
/ka.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 capoteriez
/ka.pɔ.tə.ʁje/		 capoteraient
/ka.pɔ.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 capote
/ka.pɔt/		 capotes
/ka.pɔt/		 capote
/ka.pɔt/		 capotions
/ka.pɔ.tjɔ̃/		 capotiez
/ka.pɔ.tje/		 capotent
/ka.pɔt/
imperfect2 capotasse
/ka.pɔ.tas/		 capotasses
/ka.pɔ.tas/		 capotât
/ka.pɔ.ta/		 capotassions
/ka.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 capotassiez
/ka.pɔ.ta.sje/		 capotassent
/ka.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — capote
/ka.pɔt/		 — capotons
/ka.pɔ.tɔ̃/		 capotez
/ka.pɔ.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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