papilloter
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
papilloter
- (intransitive) to blink
- (intransitive) to flutter
- (intransitive) to flicker
Conjugation
Conjugation of papilloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | papilloter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | papillotant /pa.pi.jɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | papilloté /pa.pi.jɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | papillote /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillotes /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillote /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillotons /pa.pi.jɔ.tɔ̃/ |
papillotez /pa.pi.jɔ.te/ |
papillotent /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
| imperfect | papillotais /pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ |
papillotais /pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ |
papillotait /pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ |
papillotions /pa.pi.jɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
papillotiez /pa.pi.jɔ.tje/ |
papillotaient /pa.pi.jɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | papillotai /pa.pi.jɔ.te/ |
papillotas /pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ |
papillota /pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ |
papillotâmes /pa.pi.jɔ.tam/ |
papillotâtes /pa.pi.jɔ.tat/ |
papillotèrent /pa.pi.jɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | papilloterai /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁe/ |
papilloteras /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁa/ |
papillotera /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁa/ |
papilloterons /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
papilloterez /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁe/ |
papilloteront /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | papilloterais /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ |
papilloterais /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ |
papilloterait /pa.pi.jɔ.tʁɛ/ |
papilloterions /pa.pi.jɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
papilloteriez /pa.pi.jɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
papilloteraient /pa.pi.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 | papillote /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillotes /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillote /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
papillotions /pa.pi.jɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
papillotiez /pa.pi.jɔ.tje/ |
papillotent /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | papillotasse /pa.pi.jɔ.tas/ |
papillotasses /pa.pi.jɔ.tas/ |
papillotât /pa.pi.jɔ.ta/ |
papillotassions /pa.pi.jɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
papillotassiez /pa.pi.jɔ.ta.sje/ |
papillotassent /pa.pi.jɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | papillote /pa.pi.jɔt/ |
— | papillotons /pa.pi.jɔ.tɔ̃/ |
papillotez /pa.pi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “papilloter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.