grattouiller

French

Alternative forms

• gratouiller

Etymology

Blend of gratter +‎ chatouiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.tu.je/

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Verb

grattouiller

1. (transitive, intransitive) to itch, scratch

Conjugation

Conjugation of grattouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grattouiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grattouillant /ɡʁa.tu.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grattouillé /ɡʁa.tu.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grattouille /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouilles /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouille /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouillons /ɡʁa.tu.jɔ̃/	grattouillez /ɡʁa.tu.je/	grattouillent /ɡʁa.tuj/
	imperfect	grattouillais /ɡʁa.tu.jɛ/	grattouillais /ɡʁa.tu.jɛ/	grattouillait /ɡʁa.tu.jɛ/	grattouillions /ɡʁa.tuj.jɔ̃/	grattouilliez /ɡʁa.tuj.je/	grattouillaient /ɡʁa.tu.jɛ/
	past historic2	grattouillai /ɡʁa.tu.je/	grattouillas /ɡʁa.tu.ja/	grattouilla /ɡʁa.tu.ja/	grattouillâmes /ɡʁa.tu.jam/	grattouillâtes /ɡʁa.tu.jat/	grattouillèrent /ɡʁa.tu.jɛʁ/
	future	grattouillerai /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁe/	grattouilleras /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁa/	grattouillera /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁa/	grattouillerons /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɔ̃/	grattouillerez /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁe/	grattouilleront /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grattouillerais /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɛ/	grattouillerais /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɛ/	grattouillerait /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɛ/	grattouillerions /ɡʁa.tu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	grattouilleriez /ɡʁa.tu.jə.ʁje/	grattouilleraient /ɡʁa.tuj.ʁɛ/
(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	grattouille /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouilles /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouille /ɡʁa.tuj/	grattouillions /ɡʁa.tuj.jɔ̃/	grattouilliez /ɡʁa.tuj.je/	grattouillent /ɡʁa.tuj/
	imperfect2	grattouillasse /ɡʁa.tu.jas/	grattouillasses /ɡʁa.tu.jas/	grattouillât /ɡʁa.tu.ja/	grattouillassions /ɡʁa.tu.ja.sjɔ̃/	grattouillassiez /ɡʁa.tu.ja.sje/	grattouillassent /ɡʁa.tu.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grattouille /ɡʁa.tuj/	—	grattouillons /ɡʁa.tu.jɔ̃/	grattouillez /ɡʁa.tu.je/	—
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

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