chatoyer

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French

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Etymology

From chat +‎ -oyer, referring to the tapetum of the cat's eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.twa.je/
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Verb

chatoyer

  1. (intransitive) to shimmer; to iridesce (to reflect light in different colors depending on the direction and orientation)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of chatoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chatoyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chatoyant
/ʃa.twa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chatoyé
/ʃa.twa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chatoie
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoies
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoie
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoyons
/ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ 		chatoyez
/ʃa.twa.je/ 		chatoient
/ʃa.twa/
imperfect chatoyais
/ʃa.twa.jɛ/ 		chatoyais
/ʃa.twa.jɛ/ 		chatoyait
/ʃa.twa.jɛ/ 		chatoyions
/ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ 		chatoyiez
/ʃa.twaj.je/ 		chatoyaient
/ʃa.twa.jɛ/
past historic2 chatoyai
/ʃa.twa.je/ 		chatoyas
/ʃa.twa.ja/ 		chatoya
/ʃa.twa.ja/ 		chatoyâmes
/ʃa.twa.jam/ 		chatoyâtes
/ʃa.twa.jat/ 		chatoyèrent
/ʃa.twa.jɛʁ/
future chatoierai
/ʃa.twa.ʁe/ 		chatoieras
/ʃa.twa.ʁa/ 		chatoiera
/ʃa.twa.ʁa/ 		chatoierons
/ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/ 		chatoierez
/ʃa.twa.ʁe/ 		chatoieront
/ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chatoierais
/ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ 		chatoierais
/ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ 		chatoierait
/ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ 		chatoierions
/ʃa.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chatoieriez
/ʃa.twa.ʁje/ 		chatoieraient
/ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/
(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 chatoie
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoies
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoie
/ʃa.twa/ 		chatoyions
/ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ 		chatoyiez
/ʃa.twaj.je/ 		chatoient
/ʃa.twa/
imperfect2 chatoyasse
/ʃa.twa.jas/ 		chatoyasses
/ʃa.twa.jas/ 		chatoyât
/ʃa.twa.ja/ 		chatoyassions
/ʃa.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		chatoyassiez
/ʃa.twa.ja.sje/ 		chatoyassent
/ʃa.twa.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chatoie
/ʃa.twa/ 		— chatoyons
/ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ 		chatoyez
/ʃa.twa.je/ 		—
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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