tournicoter
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tourniquer (“to wind”) + -oter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tournicoter
- (intransitive) to flit around
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of tournicoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tournicoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tournicotant /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tournicoté /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tournicote /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicotes /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicote /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicotons /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
tournicotez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/ |
tournicotent /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
| imperfect | tournicotais /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ |
tournicotais /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ |
tournicotait /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ |
tournicotions /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
tournicotiez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tje/ |
tournicotaient /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tournicotai /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/ |
tournicotas /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ |
tournicota /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ |
tournicotâmes /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tam/ |
tournicotâtes /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tat/ |
tournicotèrent /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | tournicoterai /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁe/ |
tournicoteras /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁa/ |
tournicotera /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁa/ |
tournicoterons /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
tournicoterez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁe/ |
tournicoteront /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tournicoterais /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tournicoterais /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tournicoterait /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
tournicoterions /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tournicoteriez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
tournicoteraient /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.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 | tournicote /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicotes /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicote /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
tournicotions /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
tournicotiez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tje/ |
tournicotent /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | tournicotasse /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/ |
tournicotasses /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/ |
tournicotât /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ |
tournicotassions /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tournicotassiez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
tournicotassent /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tournicote /tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ |
— | tournicotons /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
tournicotez /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “tournicoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.