papoter

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French

Etymology

From Old French papier (“to murmur”) (from the onomatopoeic root "papp-", occurring in Latin pappare (“to eat”), having to do with movement of the lips) + -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.pɔ.te/
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Verb

papoter (intransitive)

  1. (colloquial) to chat, chatter
    Synonyms: bavarder, tailler le bout de gras
    des heures passées à papoter ― hours spent chattering
  2. (obsolete) to nibble

Conjugation

Conjugation of papoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple papoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple papotant
/pa.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle papoté
/pa.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present papote
/pa.pɔt/ 		papotes
/pa.pɔt/ 		papote
/pa.pɔt/ 		papotons
/pa.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		papotez
/pa.pɔ.te/ 		papotent
/pa.pɔt/
imperfect papotais
/pa.pɔ.tɛ/ 		papotais
/pa.pɔ.tɛ/ 		papotait
/pa.pɔ.tɛ/ 		papotions
/pa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		papotiez
/pa.pɔ.tje/ 		papotaient
/pa.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 papotai
/pa.pɔ.te/ 		papotas
/pa.pɔ.ta/ 		papota
/pa.pɔ.ta/ 		papotâmes
/pa.pɔ.tam/ 		papotâtes
/pa.pɔ.tat/ 		papotèrent
/pa.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future papoterai
/pa.pɔ.tʁe/ 		papoteras
/pa.pɔ.tʁa/ 		papotera
/pa.pɔ.tʁa/ 		papoterons
/pa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		papoterez
/pa.pɔ.tʁe/ 		papoteront
/pa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional papoterais
/pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papoterais
/pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papoterait
/pa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		papoterions
/pa.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		papoteriez
/pa.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		papoteraient
/pa.pɔ.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 papote
/pa.pɔt/ 		papotes
/pa.pɔt/ 		papote
/pa.pɔt/ 		papotions
/pa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		papotiez
/pa.pɔ.tje/ 		papotent
/pa.pɔt/
imperfect2 papotasse
/pa.pɔ.tas/ 		papotasses
/pa.pɔ.tas/ 		papotât
/pa.pɔ.ta/ 		papotassions
/pa.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		papotassiez
/pa.pɔ.ta.sje/ 		papotassent
/pa.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — papote
/pa.pɔt/ 		— papotons
/pa.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		papotez
/pa.pɔ.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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