grelotter

French

Etymology

From grelot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.lɔ.te/

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Verb

grelotter

1. to shiver, tremble

Conjugation

Conjugation of grelotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grelotter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grelottant /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grelotté /ɡʁə.lɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grelotte /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelottes /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelotte /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelottons /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɔ̃/	grelottez /ɡʁə.lɔ.te/	grelottent /ɡʁə.lɔt/
	imperfect	grelottais /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɛ/	grelottais /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɛ/	grelottait /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɛ/	grelottions /ɡʁə.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	grelottiez /ɡʁə.lɔ.tje/	grelottaient /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	grelottai /ɡʁə.lɔ.te/	grelottas /ɡʁə.lɔ.ta/	grelotta /ɡʁə.lɔ.ta/	grelottâmes /ɡʁə.lɔ.tam/	grelottâtes /ɡʁə.lɔ.tat/	grelottèrent /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	grelotterai /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁe/	grelotteras /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁa/	grelottera /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁa/	grelotterons /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/	grelotterez /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁe/	grelotteront /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grelotterais /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	grelotterais /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	grelotterait /ɡʁə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	grelotterions /ɡʁə.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	grelotteriez /ɡʁə.lɔ.tə.ʁje/	grelotteraient /ɡʁə.lɔ.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	grelotte /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelottes /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelotte /ɡʁə.lɔt/	grelottions /ɡʁə.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	grelottiez /ɡʁə.lɔ.tje/	grelottent /ɡʁə.lɔt/
	imperfect2	grelottasse /ɡʁə.lɔ.tas/	grelottasses /ɡʁə.lɔ.tas/	grelottât /ɡʁə.lɔ.ta/	grelottassions /ɡʁə.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	grelottassiez /ɡʁə.lɔ.ta.sje/	grelottassent /ɡʁə.lɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grelotte /ɡʁə.lɔt/	—	grelottons /ɡʁə.lɔ.tɔ̃/	grelottez /ɡʁə.lɔ.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

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