Uncertain, perhaps from cap + -oter, influenced by Spanish cabo (“cape”). Sometimes claimed to be derived from Italian explorer Sebastian Cabot (c. 1474–1557) or John Cabot (c. 1450–1500), but the Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales describes this derivation as unsupported by the chronology.
caboter
| infinitive | simple | caboter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cabotant /ka.bɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | caboté /ka.bɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cabote /ka.bɔt/ |
cabotes /ka.bɔt/ |
cabote /ka.bɔt/ |
cabotons /ka.bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
cabotez /ka.bɔ.te/ |
cabotent /ka.bɔt/ |
| imperfect | cabotais /ka.bɔ.tɛ/ |
cabotais /ka.bɔ.tɛ/ |
cabotait /ka.bɔ.tɛ/ |
cabotions /ka.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
cabotiez /ka.bɔ.tje/ |
cabotaient /ka.bɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cabotai /ka.bɔ.te/ |
cabotas /ka.bɔ.ta/ |
cabota /ka.bɔ.ta/ |
cabotâmes /ka.bɔ.tam/ |
cabotâtes /ka.bɔ.tat/ |
cabotèrent /ka.bɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | caboterai /ka.bɔ.tʁe/ |
caboteras /ka.bɔ.tʁa/ |
cabotera /ka.bɔ.tʁa/ |
caboterons /ka.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
caboterez /ka.bɔ.tʁe/ |
caboteront /ka.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caboterais /ka.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
caboterais /ka.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
caboterait /ka.bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
caboterions /ka.bɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caboteriez /ka.bɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
caboteraient /ka.bɔ.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 | cabote /ka.bɔt/ |
cabotes /ka.bɔt/ |
cabote /ka.bɔt/ |
cabotions /ka.bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
cabotiez /ka.bɔ.tje/ |
cabotent /ka.bɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | cabotasse /ka.bɔ.tas/ |
cabotasses /ka.bɔ.tas/ |
cabotât /ka.bɔ.ta/ |
cabotassions /ka.bɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
cabotassiez /ka.bɔ.ta.sje/ |
cabotassent /ka.bɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cabote /ka.bɔt/ |
— | cabotons /ka.bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
cabotez /ka.bɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
caboter