toussoter

See also: toussôter

French

Etymology

From tousser +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.sɔ.te/

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Verb

toussoter

1. (intransitive) to splutter (have a light cough)

Conjugation

Conjugation of toussoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	toussoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	toussotant /tu.sɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		toussoté /tu.sɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	toussote /tu.sɔt/	toussotes /tu.sɔt/	toussote /tu.sɔt/	toussotons /tu.sɔ.tɔ̃/	toussotez /tu.sɔ.te/	toussotent /tu.sɔt/
	imperfect	toussotais /tu.sɔ.tɛ/	toussotais /tu.sɔ.tɛ/	toussotait /tu.sɔ.tɛ/	toussotions /tu.sɔ.tjɔ̃/	toussotiez /tu.sɔ.tje/	toussotaient /tu.sɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	toussotai /tu.sɔ.te/	toussotas /tu.sɔ.ta/	toussota /tu.sɔ.ta/	toussotâmes /tu.sɔ.tam/	toussotâtes /tu.sɔ.tat/	toussotèrent /tu.sɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	toussoterai /tu.sɔ.tʁe/	toussoteras /tu.sɔ.tʁa/	toussotera /tu.sɔ.tʁa/	toussoterons /tu.sɔ.tʁɔ̃/	toussoterez /tu.sɔ.tʁe/	toussoteront /tu.sɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	toussoterais /tu.sɔ.tʁɛ/	toussoterais /tu.sɔ.tʁɛ/	toussoterait /tu.sɔ.tʁɛ/	toussoterions /tu.sɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	toussoteriez /tu.sɔ.tə.ʁje/	toussoteraient /tu.sɔ.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	toussote /tu.sɔt/	toussotes /tu.sɔt/	toussote /tu.sɔt/	toussotions /tu.sɔ.tjɔ̃/	toussotiez /tu.sɔ.tje/	toussotent /tu.sɔt/
	imperfect2	toussotasse /tu.sɔ.tas/	toussotasses /tu.sɔ.tas/	toussotât /tu.sɔ.ta/	toussotassions /tu.sɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	toussotassiez /tu.sɔ.ta.sje/	toussotassent /tu.sɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	toussote /tu.sɔt/	—	toussotons /tu.sɔ.tɔ̃/	toussotez /tu.sɔ.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

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