poireauter

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French

Etymology

From poireau (“leek”) +‎ -er, with an epenthetic -t-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwa.ʁo.te/
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Verb

poireauter

  1. (colloquial) to hang around, to hang
    Il m’a fait poireauter 4 jours.
    He left me hanging for 4 days.

Conjugation

Conjugation of poireauter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poireauter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poireautant
/pwa.ʁo.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poireauté
/pwa.ʁo.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poireaute
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireautes
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireaute
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireautons
/pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ 		poireautez
/pwa.ʁo.te/ 		poireautent
/pwa.ʁot/
imperfect poireautais
/pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ 		poireautais
/pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ 		poireautait
/pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ 		poireautions
/pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ 		poireautiez
/pwa.ʁo.tje/ 		poireautaient
/pwa.ʁo.tɛ/
past historic2 poireautai
/pwa.ʁo.te/ 		poireautas
/pwa.ʁo.ta/ 		poireauta
/pwa.ʁo.ta/ 		poireautâmes
/pwa.ʁo.tam/ 		poireautâtes
/pwa.ʁo.tat/ 		poireautèrent
/pwa.ʁo.tɛʁ/
future poireauterai
/pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ 		poireauteras
/pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ 		poireautera
/pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ 		poireauterons
/pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/ 		poireauterez
/pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ 		poireauteront
/pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/
conditional poireauterais
/pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ 		poireauterais
/pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ 		poireauterait
/pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ 		poireauterions
/pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		poireauteriez
/pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁje/ 		poireauteraient
/pwa.ʁo.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 poireaute
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireautes
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireaute
/pwa.ʁot/ 		poireautions
/pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ 		poireautiez
/pwa.ʁo.tje/ 		poireautent
/pwa.ʁot/
imperfect2 poireautasse
/pwa.ʁo.tas/ 		poireautasses
/pwa.ʁo.tas/ 		poireautât
/pwa.ʁo.ta/ 		poireautassions
/pwa.ʁo.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		poireautassiez
/pwa.ʁo.ta.sje/ 		poireautassent
/pwa.ʁo.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poireaute
/pwa.ʁot/ 		— poireautons
/pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ 		poireautez
/pwa.ʁo.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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