chalouper

French

Etymology

From chaloupe (“rowing boat”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.lu.pe/

Verb

chalouper

1. to sway, to rock (said of dancing or walking)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chalouper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chalouper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chaloupant /ʃa.lu.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chaloupé /ʃa.lu.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chaloupe /ʃa.lup/	chaloupes /ʃa.lup/	chaloupe /ʃa.lup/	chaloupons /ʃa.lu.pɔ̃/	chaloupez /ʃa.lu.pe/	chaloupent /ʃa.lup/
	imperfect	chaloupais /ʃa.lu.pɛ/	chaloupais /ʃa.lu.pɛ/	chaloupait /ʃa.lu.pɛ/	chaloupions /ʃa.lu.pjɔ̃/	chaloupiez /ʃa.lu.pje/	chaloupaient /ʃa.lu.pɛ/
	past historic2	chaloupai /ʃa.lu.pe/	chaloupas /ʃa.lu.pa/	chaloupa /ʃa.lu.pa/	chaloupâmes /ʃa.lu.pam/	chaloupâtes /ʃa.lu.pat/	chaloupèrent /ʃa.lu.pɛʁ/
	future	chalouperai /ʃa.lu.pʁe/	chalouperas /ʃa.lu.pʁa/	chaloupera /ʃa.lu.pʁa/	chalouperons /ʃa.lu.pʁɔ̃/	chalouperez /ʃa.lu.pʁe/	chalouperont /ʃa.lu.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chalouperais /ʃa.lu.pʁɛ/	chalouperais /ʃa.lu.pʁɛ/	chalouperait /ʃa.lu.pʁɛ/	chalouperions /ʃa.lu.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	chalouperiez /ʃa.lu.pə.ʁje/	chalouperaient /ʃa.lu.pʁɛ/
(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	chaloupe /ʃa.lup/	chaloupes /ʃa.lup/	chaloupe /ʃa.lup/	chaloupions /ʃa.lu.pjɔ̃/	chaloupiez /ʃa.lu.pje/	chaloupent /ʃa.lup/
	imperfect2	chaloupasse /ʃa.lu.pas/	chaloupasses /ʃa.lu.pas/	chaloupât /ʃa.lu.pa/	chaloupassions /ʃa.lu.pa.sjɔ̃/	chaloupassiez /ʃa.lu.pa.sje/	chaloupassent /ʃa.lu.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chaloupe /ʃa.lup/	—	chaloupons /ʃa.lu.pɔ̃/	chaloupez /ʃa.lu.pe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• chaloupé

Related terms

• chaloupe

Further reading

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