marmotter

French

Etymology

Alteration of marmonner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.mɔ.te/

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Verb

marmotter

1. (transitive, intransitive) to mumble, mutter

Conjugation

Conjugation of marmotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marmotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marmottant /maʁ.mɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marmotté /maʁ.mɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marmotte /maʁ.mɔt/	marmottes /maʁ.mɔt/	marmotte /maʁ.mɔt/	marmottons /maʁ.mɔ.tɔ̃/	marmottez /maʁ.mɔ.te/	marmottent /maʁ.mɔt/
	imperfect	marmottais /maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/	marmottais /maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/	marmottait /maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/	marmottions /maʁ.mɔ.tjɔ̃/	marmottiez /maʁ.mɔ.tje/	marmottaient /maʁ.mɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	marmottai /maʁ.mɔ.te/	marmottas /maʁ.mɔ.ta/	marmotta /maʁ.mɔ.ta/	marmottâmes /maʁ.mɔ.tam/	marmottâtes /maʁ.mɔ.tat/	marmottèrent /maʁ.mɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	marmotterai /maʁ.mɔ.tʁe/	marmotteras /maʁ.mɔ.tʁa/	marmottera /maʁ.mɔ.tʁa/	marmotterons /maʁ.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/	marmotterez /maʁ.mɔ.tʁe/	marmotteront /maʁ.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marmotterais /maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/	marmotterais /maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/	marmotterait /maʁ.mɔ.tʁɛ/	marmotterions /maʁ.mɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	marmotteriez /maʁ.mɔ.tə.ʁje/	marmotteraient /maʁ.mɔ.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	marmotte /maʁ.mɔt/	marmottes /maʁ.mɔt/	marmotte /maʁ.mɔt/	marmottions /maʁ.mɔ.tjɔ̃/	marmottiez /maʁ.mɔ.tje/	marmottent /maʁ.mɔt/
	imperfect2	marmottasse /maʁ.mɔ.tas/	marmottasses /maʁ.mɔ.tas/	marmottât /maʁ.mɔ.ta/	marmottassions /maʁ.mɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	marmottassiez /maʁ.mɔ.ta.sje/	marmottassent /maʁ.mɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marmotte /maʁ.mɔt/	—	marmottons /maʁ.mɔ.tɔ̃/	marmottez /maʁ.mɔ.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).

Further reading

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