siffloter

French

Etymology

From siffler (“to whistle”) +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.flɔ.te/

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Verb

siffloter

1. (intransitive) to whistle (carelessly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of siffloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	siffloter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sifflotant /si.flɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		siffloté /si.flɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sifflote /si.flɔt/	sifflotes /si.flɔt/	sifflote /si.flɔt/	sifflotons /si.flɔ.tɔ̃/	sifflotez /si.flɔ.te/	sifflotent /si.flɔt/
	imperfect	sifflotais /si.flɔ.tɛ/	sifflotais /si.flɔ.tɛ/	sifflotait /si.flɔ.tɛ/	sifflotions /si.flɔ.tjɔ̃/	sifflotiez /si.flɔ.tje/	sifflotaient /si.flɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	sifflotai /si.flɔ.te/	sifflotas /si.flɔ.ta/	sifflota /si.flɔ.ta/	sifflotâmes /si.flɔ.tam/	sifflotâtes /si.flɔ.tat/	sifflotèrent /si.flɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	siffloterai /si.flɔ.tʁe/	siffloteras /si.flɔ.tʁa/	sifflotera /si.flɔ.tʁa/	siffloterons /si.flɔ.tʁɔ̃/	siffloterez /si.flɔ.tʁe/	siffloteront /si.flɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	siffloterais /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/	siffloterais /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/	siffloterait /si.flɔ.tʁɛ/	siffloterions /si.flɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	siffloteriez /si.flɔ.tə.ʁje/	siffloteraient /si.flɔ.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	sifflote /si.flɔt/	sifflotes /si.flɔt/	sifflote /si.flɔt/	sifflotions /si.flɔ.tjɔ̃/	sifflotiez /si.flɔ.tje/	sifflotent /si.flɔt/
	imperfect2	sifflotasse /si.flɔ.tas/	sifflotasses /si.flɔ.tas/	sifflotât /si.flɔ.ta/	sifflotassions /si.flɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	sifflotassiez /si.flɔ.ta.sje/	sifflotassent /si.flɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sifflote /si.flɔt/	—	sifflotons /si.flɔ.tɔ̃/	sifflotez /si.flɔ.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

• sifflotement
• sifflotis

Further reading

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