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. (transitive, intransitive) 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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