gigoter

French

Etymology

From giguer +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
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Verb

gigoter

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to wriggle (about)

Conjugation
Conjugation of gigoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gigoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gigotant
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gigoté
/ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gigote
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigotes
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigote
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigotons
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/		 gigotez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.te/		 gigotent
/ʒi.ɡɔt/
imperfect gigotais
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 gigotais
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 gigotait
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 gigotions
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/		 gigotiez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/		 gigotaient
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 gigotai
/ʒi.ɡɔ.te/		 gigotas
/ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/		 gigota
/ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/		 gigotâmes
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tam/		 gigotâtes
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tat/		 gigotèrent
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/
future gigoterai
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/		 gigoteras
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/		 gigotera
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/		 gigoterons
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 gigoterez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/		 gigoteront
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional gigoterais
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 gigoterais
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 gigoterait
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 gigoterions
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gigoteriez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/		 gigoteraient
/ʒi.ɡɔ.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 gigote
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigotes
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigote
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 gigotions
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/		 gigotiez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/		 gigotent
/ʒi.ɡɔt/
imperfect2 gigotasse
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/		 gigotasses
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/		 gigotât
/ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/		 gigotassions
/ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 gigotassiez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sje/		 gigotassent
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gigote
/ʒi.ɡɔt/		 — gigotons
/ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/		 gigotez
/ʒi.ɡɔ.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).

Derived terms
  • gigoteur

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