chatouiller

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French catellier (“to excite, cause tremors”), from Medieval Latin catilō (“tickle”, v), from Frankish *kitilōn (“to tickle”), from Proto-Germanic *kitilōnan, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *kitōnan (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“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”). More at kittle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

chatouiller

1. To tickle

Related terms

• chatouille
• chatouillement
• chatouilleux
• chatouillis

Conjugation

   Conjugation of chatouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chatouiller			avoir chatouillé
gerund		en chatouillant			en ayant chatouillé
present participle		chatouillant
past participle		chatouillé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chatouille	chatouilles	chatouille	chatouillons	chatouillez	chatouillent
	imperfect	chatouillais	chatouillais	chatouillait	chatouillions	chatouilliez	chatouillaient
	past historic1	chatouillai	chatouillas	chatouilla	chatouillâmes	chatouillâtes	chatouillèrent
	future	chatouillerai	chatouilleras	chatouillera	chatouillerons	chatouillerez	chatouilleront
	conditional	chatouillerais	chatouillerais	chatouillerait	chatouillerions	chatouilleriez	chatouilleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	chatouille	chatouilles	chatouille	chatouillions	chatouilliez	chatouillent
	imperfect1	chatouillasse	chatouillasses	chatouillât	chatouillassions	chatouillassiez	chatouillassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	chatouille	—	chatouillons	chatouillez	—
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