marmotter

French

Etymology

Alteration of marmonner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʁ.mɔ.te/
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Verb

marmotter

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to mumble, mutter

Conjugation
Conjugation of marmotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marmotter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple marmottant
/maʁ.mɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle marmotté
/maʁ.mɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present marmotte
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmottes
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmotte
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmottons
/maʁ.mɔ.tɔ̃/		 marmottez
/maʁ.mɔ.te/		 marmottent
/maʁ.mɔt/
imperfect marmottais
/maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/		 marmottais
/maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/		 marmottait
/maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/		 marmottions
/maʁ.mɔ.tjɔ̃/		 marmottiez
/maʁ.mɔ.tje/		 marmottaient
/maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 marmottai
/maʁ.mɔ.te/		 marmottas
/maʁ.mɔ.ta/		 marmotta
/maʁ.mɔ.ta/		 marmottâmes
/maʁ.mɔ.tam/		 marmottâtes
/maʁ.mɔ.tat/		 marmottèrent
/maʁ.mɔ.tɛʁ/
future marmotterai
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁe/		 marmotteras
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁa/		 marmottera
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁa/		 marmotterons
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 marmotterez
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁe/		 marmotteront
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional marmotterais
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/		 marmotterais
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/		 marmotterait
/maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/		 marmotterions
/maʁ.mɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 marmotteriez
/maʁ.mɔ.tə.ʁje/		 marmotteraient
/maʁ.mɔ.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 marmotte
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmottes
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmotte
/maʁ.mɔt/		 marmottions
/maʁ.mɔ.tjɔ̃/		 marmottiez
/maʁ.mɔ.tje/		 marmottent
/maʁ.mɔt/
imperfect2 marmottasse
/maʁ.mɔ.tas/		 marmottasses
/maʁ.mɔ.tas/		 marmottât
/maʁ.mɔ.ta/		 marmottassions
/maʁ.mɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 marmottassiez
/maʁ.mɔ.ta.sje/		 marmottassent
/maʁ.mɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — marmotte
/maʁ.mɔt/		 — marmottons
/maʁ.mɔ.tɔ̃/		 marmottez
/maʁ.mɔ.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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