jaboter

French

Etymology

jabot +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.bɔ.te/

Verb

jaboter

1. (intransitive) to jabber

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaboter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jaboter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jabotant /ʒa.bɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jaboté /ʒa.bɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jabote /ʒa.bɔt/	jabotes /ʒa.bɔt/	jabote /ʒa.bɔt/	jabotons /ʒa.bɔ.tɔ̃/	jabotez /ʒa.bɔ.te/	jabotent /ʒa.bɔt/
	imperfect	jabotais /ʒa.bɔ.tɛ/	jabotais /ʒa.bɔ.tɛ/	jabotait /ʒa.bɔ.tɛ/	jabotions /ʒa.bɔ.tjɔ̃/	jabotiez /ʒa.bɔ.tje/	jabotaient /ʒa.bɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	jabotai /ʒa.bɔ.te/	jabotas /ʒa.bɔ.ta/	jabota /ʒa.bɔ.ta/	jabotâmes /ʒa.bɔ.tam/	jabotâtes /ʒa.bɔ.tat/	jabotèrent /ʒa.bɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	jaboterai /ʒa.bɔ.tʁe/	jaboteras /ʒa.bɔ.tʁa/	jabotera /ʒa.bɔ.tʁa/	jaboterons /ʒa.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/	jaboterez /ʒa.bɔ.tʁe/	jaboteront /ʒa.bɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jaboterais /ʒa.bɔ.tʁɛ/	jaboterais /ʒa.bɔ.tʁɛ/	jaboterait /ʒa.bɔ.tʁɛ/	jaboterions /ʒa.bɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	jaboteriez /ʒa.bɔ.tə.ʁje/	jaboteraient /ʒa.bɔ.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	jabote /ʒa.bɔt/	jabotes /ʒa.bɔt/	jabote /ʒa.bɔt/	jabotions /ʒa.bɔ.tjɔ̃/	jabotiez /ʒa.bɔ.tje/	jabotent /ʒa.bɔt/
	imperfect2	jabotasse /ʒa.bɔ.tas/	jabotasses /ʒa.bɔ.tas/	jabotât /ʒa.bɔ.ta/	jabotassions /ʒa.bɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	jabotassiez /ʒa.bɔ.ta.sje/	jabotassent /ʒa.bɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jabote /ʒa.bɔt/	—	jabotons /ʒa.bɔ.tɔ̃/	jabotez /ʒa.bɔ.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).

Derived terms

• jabotage
• jabotement
• jaboteur

Further reading

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