chuchoter
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chuchoter
- to whisper
- to gossip
- Je ne parle jamais avec elle car elle chuchote toujours à quiconque l’écoute sur tout le monde.
- I never speak with her because she's always whispering about everyone to anyone who will listen.
- (of leaves) to rustle
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of chuchoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chuchoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chuchotant /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chuchoté /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ |
chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
| imperfect | chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ |
chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ |
chuchotait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ |
chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/ |
chuchotaient /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chuchotai /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ |
chuchotas /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ |
chuchota /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ |
chuchotâmes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tam/ |
chuchotâtes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tat/ |
chuchotèrent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | chuchoterai /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/ |
chuchoteras /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/ |
chuchotera /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/ |
chuchoterons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
chuchoterez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/ |
chuchoteront /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chuchoterait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chuchoterions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chuchoteriez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
chuchoteraient /ʃy.ʃɔ.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 | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/ |
chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | chuchotasse /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ |
chuchotasses /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ |
chuchotât /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ |
chuchotassions /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
chuchotassiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sje/ |
chuchotassent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
— | chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: șușoti
Further reading
[edit]- “chuchoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]chuchoter
Derived terms
[edit]- chuchoteux (“whisperer”)