chatouiller

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French catellier (to excite, cause tremors), from Medieval Latin catilāre (tickle, verb), from Frankish *kitilōn (to tickle), from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative of *kitōną (to tickle), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (to stick, jab, tickle). Cognate with Old High German kizzilōn (to tickle), Old English citelian (to tickle), Old Norse kitla (to tickle), Middle Dutch katelen (to tickle), Dutch kittelen (to tickle). More at kittle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.tu.je/
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Verb

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chatouiller

  1. to tickle

Conjugation

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Further reading

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