popoter

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French

Etymology

From popote (“food, dinner, meal”) +‎ -er (verb suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔ.pɔ.te/

Verb

popoter (intransitive)

  1. (familiar) to cook, prepare a meal
    • 1996, Louis Boyé, Un jour, le grand bateau viendra : Chronique de la résistance, L’Harmattan, Paris, page 359:
      Nous errons tristement dans les rues quand nous avisons une compagnie de la Wehrmacht en train de popoter à la roulante sur la place du village.
      We're wandering miserably through the streets when we catch sight of a company of Wehrmacht in the process of making a meal at the mobile canteen in the village square.
  2. (archaic) to chat, chatter, converse
    Synonyms: bavarder, papoter
  3. (video games) to use potions

Conjugation

Conjugation of popoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple popoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple popotant
/pɔ.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle popoté
/pɔ.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present popote
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popotes
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popote
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popotons
/pɔ.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		popotez
/pɔ.pɔ.te/ 		popotent
/pɔ.pɔt/
imperfect popotais
/pɔ.pɔ.tɛ/ 		popotais
/pɔ.pɔ.tɛ/ 		popotait
/pɔ.pɔ.tɛ/ 		popotions
/pɔ.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		popotiez
/pɔ.pɔ.tje/ 		popotaient
/pɔ.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 popotai
/pɔ.pɔ.te/ 		popotas
/pɔ.pɔ.ta/ 		popota
/pɔ.pɔ.ta/ 		popotâmes
/pɔ.pɔ.tam/ 		popotâtes
/pɔ.pɔ.tat/ 		popotèrent
/pɔ.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future popoterai
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁe/ 		popoteras
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁa/ 		popotera
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁa/ 		popoterons
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		popoterez
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁe/ 		popoteront
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional popoterais
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		popoterais
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		popoterait
/pɔ.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		popoterions
/pɔ.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		popoteriez
/pɔ.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		popoteraient
/pɔ.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 popote
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popotes
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popote
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		popotions
/pɔ.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		popotiez
/pɔ.pɔ.tje/ 		popotent
/pɔ.pɔt/
imperfect2 popotasse
/pɔ.pɔ.tas/ 		popotasses
/pɔ.pɔ.tas/ 		popotât
/pɔ.pɔ.ta/ 		popotassions
/pɔ.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		popotassiez
/pɔ.pɔ.ta.sje/ 		popotassent
/pɔ.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — popote
/pɔ.pɔt/ 		— popotons
/pɔ.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		popotez
/pɔ.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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