papilloter

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French

Etymology

From papillon +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

Verb

papilloter

  1. (intransitive) to blink
  2. (intransitive) to flutter
  3. (intransitive) to flicker

Conjugation

Conjugation of papilloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple papilloter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple papillotant
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle papilloté
/pa.pi.jɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present papillote
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillotes
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillote
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillotons
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɔ̃/ 		papillotez
/pa.pi.jɔ.te/ 		papillotent
/pa.pi.jɔt/
imperfect papillotais
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ 		papillotais
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ 		papillotait
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ 		papillotions
/pa.pi.jɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		papillotiez
/pa.pi.jɔ.tje/ 		papillotaient
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 papillotai
/pa.pi.jɔ.te/ 		papillotas
/pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ 		papillota
/pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ 		papillotâmes
/pa.pi.jɔ.tam/ 		papillotâtes
/pa.pi.jɔ.tat/ 		papillotèrent
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɛʁ/
future papilloterai
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁe/ 		papilloteras
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁa/ 		papillotera
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁa/ 		papilloterons
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		papilloterez
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁe/ 		papilloteront
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional papilloterais
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papilloterais
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papilloterait
/pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papilloterions
/pa.pi.jɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		papilloteriez
/pa.pi.jɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		papilloteraient
/pa.pi.jɔ.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 papillote
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillotes
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillote
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		papillotions
/pa.pi.jɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		papillotiez
/pa.pi.jɔ.tje/ 		papillotent
/pa.pi.jɔt/
imperfect2 papillotasse
/pa.pi.jɔ.tas/ 		papillotasses
/pa.pi.jɔ.tas/ 		papillotât
/pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ 		papillotassions
/pa.pi.jɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		papillotassiez
/pa.pi.jɔ.ta.sje/ 		papillotassent
/pa.pi.jɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — papillote
/pa.pi.jɔt/ 		— papillotons
/pa.pi.jɔ.tɔ̃/ 		papillotez
/pa.pi.jɔ.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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