ligoter

French

Etymology

From ligot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ɡɔ.te/

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Verb

ligoter

1. (transitive) to bind, tie up

Conjugation

Conjugation of ligoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ligoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ligotant /li.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ligoté /li.ɡɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ligote /li.ɡɔt/	ligotes /li.ɡɔt/	ligote /li.ɡɔt/	ligotons /li.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	ligotez /li.ɡɔ.te/	ligotent /li.ɡɔt/
	imperfect	ligotais /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ligotais /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ligotait /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/	ligotions /li.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	ligotiez /li.ɡɔ.tje/	ligotaient /li.ɡɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	ligotai /li.ɡɔ.te/	ligotas /li.ɡɔ.ta/	ligota /li.ɡɔ.ta/	ligotâmes /li.ɡɔ.tam/	ligotâtes /li.ɡɔ.tat/	ligotèrent /li.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	ligoterai /li.ɡɔ.tʁe/	ligoteras /li.ɡɔ.tʁa/	ligotera /li.ɡɔ.tʁa/	ligoterons /li.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/	ligoterez /li.ɡɔ.tʁe/	ligoteront /li.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ligoterais /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ligoterais /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ligoterait /li.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	ligoterions /li.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	ligoteriez /li.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/	ligoteraient /li.ɡɔ.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	ligote /li.ɡɔt/	ligotes /li.ɡɔt/	ligote /li.ɡɔt/	ligotions /li.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	ligotiez /li.ɡɔ.tje/	ligotent /li.ɡɔt/
	imperfect2	ligotasse /li.ɡɔ.tas/	ligotasses /li.ɡɔ.tas/	ligotât /li.ɡɔ.ta/	ligotassions /li.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	ligotassiez /li.ɡɔ.ta.sje/	ligotassent /li.ɡɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ligote /li.ɡɔt/	—	ligotons /li.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	ligotez /li.ɡɔ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• ligotage

Further reading

• “ligoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.