écouter

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See also: êcouter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escouter, from Old French escouter, from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of ausculter, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ku.te/
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Verb

écouter

  1. (intransitive) to listen
  2. (transitive) to listen to
    J’écoute la radio.
    I am listening to the radio.

Conjugation

Conjugation of écouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écoutant
/e.ku.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écouté
/e.ku.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écoute
/e.kut/ 		écoutes
/e.kut/ 		écoute
/e.kut/ 		écoutons
/e.ku.tɔ̃/ 		écoutez
/e.ku.te/ 		écoutent
/e.kut/
imperfect écoutais
/e.ku.tɛ/ 		écoutais
/e.ku.tɛ/ 		écoutait
/e.ku.tɛ/ 		écoutions
/e.ku.tjɔ̃/ 		écoutiez
/e.ku.tje/ 		écoutaient
/e.ku.tɛ/
past historic2 écoutai
/e.ku.te/ 		écoutas
/e.ku.ta/ 		écouta
/e.ku.ta/ 		écoutâmes
/e.ku.tam/ 		écoutâtes
/e.ku.tat/ 		écoutèrent
/e.ku.tɛʁ/
future écouterai
/e.ku.tʁe/ 		écouteras
/e.ku.tʁa/ 		écoutera
/e.ku.tʁa/ 		écouterons
/e.ku.tʁɔ̃/ 		écouterez
/e.ku.tʁe/ 		écouteront
/e.ku.tʁɔ̃/
conditional écouterais
/e.ku.tʁɛ/ 		écouterais
/e.ku.tʁɛ/ 		écouterait
/e.ku.tʁɛ/ 		écouterions
/e.ku.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écouteriez
/e.ku.tə.ʁje/ 		écouteraient
/e.ku.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 écoute
/e.kut/ 		écoutes
/e.kut/ 		écoute
/e.kut/ 		écoutions
/e.ku.tjɔ̃/ 		écoutiez
/e.ku.tje/ 		écoutent
/e.kut/
imperfect2 écoutasse
/e.ku.tas/ 		écoutasses
/e.ku.tas/ 		écoutât
/e.ku.ta/ 		écoutassions
/e.ku.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		écoutassiez
/e.ku.ta.sje/ 		écoutassent
/e.ku.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écoute
/e.kut/ 		— écoutons
/e.ku.tɔ̃/ 		écoutez
/e.ku.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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