poireauter
French
Etymology
poireau (“leek”) + -er, with an epenthetic -t-.
Pronunciation
Verb
poireauter
- (colloquial) to hang around, to hang
- Il m’a fait poireauter 4 jours.
- He left me hanging for 4 days.
Conjugation
Conjugation of poireauter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | poireauter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | poireautant /pwa.ʁo.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | poireauté /pwa.ʁo.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautes /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautons /pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ |
poireautez /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
poireautent /pwa.ʁot/ |
| imperfect | poireautais /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautais /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautait /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ |
poireautions /pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ |
poireautiez /pwa.ʁo.tje/ |
poireautaient /pwa.ʁo.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | poireautai /pwa.ʁo.te/ |
poireautas /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireauta /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireautâmes /pwa.ʁo.tam/ |
poireautâtes /pwa.ʁo.tat/ |
poireautèrent /pwa.ʁo.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | poireauterai /pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ |
poireauteras /pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ |
poireautera /pwa.ʁo.tʁa/ |
poireauterons /pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/ |
poireauterez /pwa.ʁo.tʁe/ |
poireauteront /pwa.ʁo.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | poireauterais /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterais /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterait /pwa.ʁo.tʁɛ/ |
poireauterions /pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
poireauteriez /pwa.ʁo.tə.ʁje/ |
poireauteraient /pwa.ʁo.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 | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautes /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
poireautions /pwa.ʁo.tjɔ̃/ |
poireautiez /pwa.ʁo.tje/ |
poireautent /pwa.ʁot/ |
| imperfect2 | poireautasse /pwa.ʁo.tas/ |
poireautasses /pwa.ʁo.tas/ |
poireautât /pwa.ʁo.ta/ |
poireautassions /pwa.ʁo.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
poireautassiez /pwa.ʁo.ta.sje/ |
poireautassent /pwa.ʁo.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | poireaute /pwa.ʁot/ |
— | poireautons /pwa.ʁo.tɔ̃/ |
poireautez /pwa.ʁo.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
- “poireauter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.