picoler

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French

Etymology

Italian piccolo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.kɔ.le/
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Verb

picoler

  1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to drink, tipple
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Il a essayé de trouver du travail comme serveur dans un bar mais je crois bien qu’il a passé plus de temps à picoler au comptoir du bar qu’à y demander du travail.
      He tried to find work as a barman, but I think he spent more time drinking at the bar than asking for work there.

Conjugation

Conjugation of picoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple picoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple picolant
/pi.kɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle picolé
/pi.kɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present picole
/pi.kɔl/ 		picoles
/pi.kɔl/ 		picole
/pi.kɔl/ 		picolons
/pi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		picolez
/pi.kɔ.le/ 		picolent
/pi.kɔl/
imperfect picolais
/pi.kɔ.lɛ/ 		picolais
/pi.kɔ.lɛ/ 		picolait
/pi.kɔ.lɛ/ 		picolions
/pi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		picoliez
/pi.kɔ.lje/ 		picolaient
/pi.kɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 picolai
/pi.kɔ.le/ 		picolas
/pi.kɔ.la/ 		picola
/pi.kɔ.la/ 		picolâmes
/pi.kɔ.lam/ 		picolâtes
/pi.kɔ.lat/ 		picolèrent
/pi.kɔ.lɛʁ/
future picolerai
/pi.kɔl.ʁe/ 		picoleras
/pi.kɔl.ʁa/ 		picolera
/pi.kɔl.ʁa/ 		picolerons
/pi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		picolerez
/pi.kɔl.ʁe/ 		picoleront
/pi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional picolerais
/pi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		picolerais
/pi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		picolerait
/pi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		picolerions
/pi.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		picoleriez
/pi.kɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		picoleraient
/pi.kɔl.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 picole
/pi.kɔl/ 		picoles
/pi.kɔl/ 		picole
/pi.kɔl/ 		picolions
/pi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		picoliez
/pi.kɔ.lje/ 		picolent
/pi.kɔl/
imperfect2 picolasse
/pi.kɔ.las/ 		picolasses
/pi.kɔ.las/ 		picolât
/pi.kɔ.la/ 		picolassions
/pi.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		picolassiez
/pi.kɔ.la.sje/ 		picolassent
/pi.kɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — picole
/pi.kɔl/ 		— picolons
/pi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		picolez
/pi.kɔ.le/ 		—
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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