cliqueter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cliqueter, from Old French cliketer, equivalent to cliquer (“to click, clink”) +‎ -eter (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klik.te/
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Verb

cliqueter

  1. (intransitive) to jingle, rattle, clink

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of cliqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cliqueter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cliquetant
/klik.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cliqueté
/klik.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cliquette or cliquète
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquettes or cliquètes
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquette or cliquète
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquetons
/klik.tɔ̃/ 		cliquetez
/klik.te/ 		cliquettent or cliquètent
/kli.kɛt/
imperfect cliquetais
/klik.tɛ/ 		cliquetais
/klik.tɛ/ 		cliquetait
/klik.tɛ/ 		cliquetions
/kli.kə.tjɔ̃/ 		cliquetiez
/kli.kə.tje/ 		cliquetaient
/klik.tɛ/
past historic2 cliquetai
/klik.te/ 		cliquetas
/klik.ta/ 		cliqueta
/klik.ta/ 		cliquetâmes
/klik.tam/ 		cliquetâtes
/klik.tat/ 		cliquetèrent
/klik.tɛʁ/
future cliquetterai or cliquèterai
/kli.kɛ.tʁe/ or /kli.ke.tʁe/ 		cliquetteras or cliquèteras
/kli.kɛ.tʁa/ or /kli.ke.tʁa/ 		cliquettera or cliquètera
/kli.kɛ.tʁa/ or /kli.ke.tʁa/ 		cliquetterons or cliquèterons
/kli.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kli.ke.tʁɔ̃/ 		cliquetterez or cliquèterez
/kli.kɛ.tʁe/ or /kli.ke.tʁe/ 		cliquetteront or cliquèteront
/kli.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kli.ke.tʁɔ̃/
conditional cliquetterais or cliquèterais
/kli.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kli.ke.tʁɛ/ 		cliquetterais or cliquèterais
/kli.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kli.ke.tʁɛ/ 		cliquetterait or cliquèterait
/kli.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kli.ke.tʁɛ/ 		cliquetterions or cliquèterions
/kli.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kli.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cliquetteriez or cliquèteriez
/kli.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /kli.ke.tə.ʁje/ 		cliquetteraient or cliquèteraient
/kli.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kli.ke.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 cliquette or cliquète
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquettes or cliquètes
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquette or cliquète
/kli.kɛt/ 		cliquetions
/kli.kə.tjɔ̃/ 		cliquetiez
/kli.kə.tje/ 		cliquettent or cliquètent
/kli.kɛt/
imperfect2 cliquetasse
/klik.tas/ 		cliquetasses
/klik.tas/ 		cliquetât
/klik.ta/ 		cliquetassions
/klik.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		cliquetassiez
/klik.ta.sje/ 		cliquetassent
/klik.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cliquette or cliquète
/kli.kɛt/ 		— cliquetons
/klik.tɔ̃/ 		cliquetez
/klik.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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