peloter

French

Etymology

From pelote +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.lɔ.te/

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Verb

peloter

1. (archaic) to wind, roll etc. into a ball
2. (colloquial) to touch up, feel up (sexually)
3. (colloquial, reflexive, se peloter) to make out

Conjugation

Conjugation of peloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	peloter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pelotant /pə.lɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		peloté /pə.lɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pelote /pə.lɔt/	pelotes /pə.lɔt/	pelote /pə.lɔt/	pelotons /pə.lɔ.tɔ̃/	pelotez /pə.lɔ.te/	pelotent /pə.lɔt/
	imperfect	pelotais /pə.lɔ.tɛ/	pelotais /pə.lɔ.tɛ/	pelotait /pə.lɔ.tɛ/	pelotions /pə.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	pelotiez /pə.lɔ.tje/	pelotaient /pə.lɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	pelotai /pə.lɔ.te/	pelotas /pə.lɔ.ta/	pelota /pə.lɔ.ta/	pelotâmes /pə.lɔ.tam/	pelotâtes /pə.lɔ.tat/	pelotèrent /pə.lɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	peloterai /pə.lɔ.tʁe/	peloteras /pə.lɔ.tʁa/	pelotera /pə.lɔ.tʁa/	peloterons /pə.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/	peloterez /pə.lɔ.tʁe/	peloteront /pə.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	peloterais /pə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	peloterais /pə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	peloterait /pə.lɔ.tʁɛ/	peloterions /pə.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	peloteriez /pə.lɔ.tə.ʁje/	peloteraient /pə.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	pelote /pə.lɔt/	pelotes /pə.lɔt/	pelote /pə.lɔt/	pelotions /pə.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	pelotiez /pə.lɔ.tje/	pelotent /pə.lɔt/
	imperfect2	pelotasse /pə.lɔ.tas/	pelotasses /pə.lɔ.tas/	pelotât /pə.lɔ.ta/	pelotassions /pə.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	pelotassiez /pə.lɔ.ta.sje/	pelotassent /pə.lɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pelote /pə.lɔt/	—	pelotons /pə.lɔ.tɔ̃/	pelotez /pə.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

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

Anagrams

• pétrole