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French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɥɛ̃.te/
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Verb

chuinter

  1. (intransitive, of an owl) to hoot, screech
  2. (intransitive, of a machine) to buzz, whirr, whoosh
  3. (intransitive, of a door) to creak
  4. (intransitive) to swish
  5. (intransitive, of tires) to hiss
  6. (intransitive) to pronounce the phoneme s as ʃ, often seen as a speech defect or regionalism. Can be compared to lisping in the English language.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chuinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chuinter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chuintant
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chuinté
/ʃɥɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chuinte
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuintes
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuinte
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuintons
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		chuintez
/ʃɥɛ̃.te/ 		chuintent
/ʃɥɛ̃t/
imperfect chuintais
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɛ/ 		chuintais
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɛ/ 		chuintait
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɛ/ 		chuintions
/ʃɥɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		chuintiez
/ʃɥɛ̃.tje/ 		chuintaient
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 chuintai
/ʃɥɛ̃.te/ 		chuintas
/ʃɥɛ̃.ta/ 		chuinta
/ʃɥɛ̃.ta/ 		chuintâmes
/ʃɥɛ̃.tam/ 		chuintâtes
/ʃɥɛ̃.tat/ 		chuintèrent
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future chuinterai
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁe/ 		chuinteras
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁa/ 		chuintera
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁa/ 		chuinterons
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		chuinterez
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁe/ 		chuinteront
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional chuinterais
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		chuinterais
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		chuinterait
/ʃɥɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		chuinterions
/ʃɥɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chuinteriez
/ʃɥɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		chuinteraient
/ʃɥɛ̃.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 chuinte
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuintes
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuinte
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		chuintions
/ʃɥɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		chuintiez
/ʃɥɛ̃.tje/ 		chuintent
/ʃɥɛ̃t/
imperfect2 chuintasse
/ʃɥɛ̃.tas/ 		chuintasses
/ʃɥɛ̃.tas/ 		chuintât
/ʃɥɛ̃.ta/ 		chuintassions
/ʃɥɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		chuintassiez
/ʃɥɛ̃.ta.sje/ 		chuintassent
/ʃɥɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chuinte
/ʃɥɛ̃t/ 		— chuintons
/ʃɥɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		chuintez
/ʃɥɛ̃.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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