bouillotter

French

Etymology

From bouillir +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.jɔ.te/

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Verb

bouillotter

1. (intransitive) to simmer

   Synonym: mijoter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouillotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bouillotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bouillottant /bu.jɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bouillotté /bu.jɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bouillotte /bu.jɔt/	bouillottes /bu.jɔt/	bouillotte /bu.jɔt/	bouillottons /bu.jɔ.tɔ̃/	bouillottez /bu.jɔ.te/	bouillottent /bu.jɔt/
	imperfect	bouillottais /bu.jɔ.tɛ/	bouillottais /bu.jɔ.tɛ/	bouillottait /bu.jɔ.tɛ/	bouillottions /bu.jɔ.tjɔ̃/	bouillottiez /bu.jɔ.tje/	bouillottaient /bu.jɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	bouillottai /bu.jɔ.te/	bouillottas /bu.jɔ.ta/	bouillotta /bu.jɔ.ta/	bouillottâmes /bu.jɔ.tam/	bouillottâtes /bu.jɔ.tat/	bouillottèrent /bu.jɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	bouillotterai /bu.jɔ.tʁe/	bouillotteras /bu.jɔ.tʁa/	bouillottera /bu.jɔ.tʁa/	bouillotterons /bu.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/	bouillotterez /bu.jɔ.tʁe/	bouillotteront /bu.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bouillotterais /bu.jɔ.tʁɛ/	bouillotterais /bu.jɔ.tʁɛ/	bouillotterait /bu.jɔ.tʁɛ/	bouillotterions /bu.jɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	bouillotteriez /bu.jɔ.tə.ʁje/	bouillotteraient /bu.jɔ.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	bouillotte /bu.jɔt/	bouillottes /bu.jɔt/	bouillotte /bu.jɔt/	bouillottions /bu.jɔ.tjɔ̃/	bouillottiez /bu.jɔ.tje/	bouillottent /bu.jɔt/
	imperfect2	bouillottasse /bu.jɔ.tas/	bouillottasses /bu.jɔ.tas/	bouillottât /bu.jɔ.ta/	bouillottassions /bu.jɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	bouillottassiez /bu.jɔ.ta.sje/	bouillottassent /bu.jɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bouillotte /bu.jɔt/	—	bouillottons /bu.jɔ.tɔ̃/	bouillottez /bu.jɔ.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

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