tricoter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter (“to beat with sticks”) (compare Old French tricot (“stick, cudgel”)), derivative of trique (“stick, game played with sticks”), from earlier estrique (“stick used to knock down grain”), from *estrikier, *estriquer (“to strike”), from Frankish *strīkan (“to move or pass one thing over another, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to stroke, touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to strike”). By surface analysis, trique +‎ -oter. Cognate with Old High German strīhhan (“to smooth, stroke, spread, rub, strike”), Old English strīcan (“to stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth, rub, wipe, strike, go, move, run”). More at strike.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁi.kɔ.te/
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Verb

tricoter

  1. to knit

Conjugation
Conjugation of tricoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tricoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tricotant
/tʁi.kɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tricoté
/tʁi.kɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tricote
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricotes
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricote
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricotons
/tʁi.kɔ.tɔ̃/		 tricotez
/tʁi.kɔ.te/		 tricotent
/tʁi.kɔt/
imperfect tricotais
/tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/		 tricotais
/tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/		 tricotait
/tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/		 tricotions
/tʁi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/		 tricotiez
/tʁi.kɔ.tje/		 tricotaient
/tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 tricotai
/tʁi.kɔ.te/		 tricotas
/tʁi.kɔ.ta/		 tricota
/tʁi.kɔ.ta/		 tricotâmes
/tʁi.kɔ.tam/		 tricotâtes
/tʁi.kɔ.tat/		 tricotèrent
/tʁi.kɔ.tɛʁ/
future tricoterai
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁe/		 tricoteras
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁa/		 tricotera
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁa/		 tricoterons
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 tricoterez
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁe/		 tricoteront
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional tricoterais
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 tricoterais
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 tricoterait
/tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 tricoterions
/tʁi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tricoteriez
/tʁi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/		 tricoteraient
/tʁi.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 tricote
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricotes
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricote
/tʁi.kɔt/		 tricotions
/tʁi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/		 tricotiez
/tʁi.kɔ.tje/		 tricotent
/tʁi.kɔt/
imperfect2 tricotasse
/tʁi.kɔ.tas/		 tricotasses
/tʁi.kɔ.tas/		 tricotât
/tʁi.kɔ.ta/		 tricotassions
/tʁi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 tricotassiez
/tʁi.kɔ.ta.sje/		 tricotassent
/tʁi.kɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tricote
/tʁi.kɔt/		 — tricotons
/tʁi.kɔ.tɔ̃/		 tricotez
/tʁi.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tricoteur.

Noun

tricoter m (plural tricoteri)

  1. knitter

Declension
Declension of tricoter
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tricoter tricoterul (niște) tricoteri tricoterii
genitive/dative (unui) tricoter tricoterului (unor) tricoteri tricoterilor
vocative tricoterule tricoterilor
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