tricoter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter (“to beat with sticks”) (compare Old French tricot (“stick, cudgel”)), derivative of trique (“stick, game played with sticks”), from earlier estrique (“stick used to knock down grain”), from *estrikier, *estriquer (“to strike”), from Frankish *strīkan (“to move or pass one thing over another, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to stroke, touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to strike”). By surface analysis, trique +‎ -oter. Cognate with Old High German strīhhan (“to smooth, stroke, spread, rub, strike”), Old English strīcan (“to stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth, rub, wipe, strike, go, move, run”). More at strike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.kɔ.te/

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Verb

tricoter

1. to knit

Conjugation

Conjugation of tricoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tricoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tricotant /tʁi.kɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tricoté /tʁi.kɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tricote /tʁi.kɔt/	tricotes /tʁi.kɔt/	tricote /tʁi.kɔt/	tricotons /tʁi.kɔ.tɔ̃/	tricotez /tʁi.kɔ.te/	tricotent /tʁi.kɔt/
	imperfect	tricotais /tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/	tricotais /tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/	tricotait /tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/	tricotions /tʁi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	tricotiez /tʁi.kɔ.tje/	tricotaient /tʁi.kɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	tricotai /tʁi.kɔ.te/	tricotas /tʁi.kɔ.ta/	tricota /tʁi.kɔ.ta/	tricotâmes /tʁi.kɔ.tam/	tricotâtes /tʁi.kɔ.tat/	tricotèrent /tʁi.kɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	tricoterai /tʁi.kɔ.tʁe/	tricoteras /tʁi.kɔ.tʁa/	tricotera /tʁi.kɔ.tʁa/	tricoterons /tʁi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/	tricoterez /tʁi.kɔ.tʁe/	tricoteront /tʁi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tricoterais /tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	tricoterais /tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	tricoterait /tʁi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	tricoterions /tʁi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	tricoteriez /tʁi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/	tricoteraient /tʁi.kɔ.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	tricote /tʁi.kɔt/	tricotes /tʁi.kɔt/	tricote /tʁi.kɔt/	tricotions /tʁi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	tricotiez /tʁi.kɔ.tje/	tricotent /tʁi.kɔt/
	imperfect2	tricotasse /tʁi.kɔ.tas/	tricotasses /tʁi.kɔ.tas/	tricotât /tʁi.kɔ.ta/	tricotassions /tʁi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	tricotassiez /tʁi.kɔ.ta.sje/	tricotassent /tʁi.kɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tricote /tʁi.kɔt/	—	tricotons /tʁi.kɔ.tɔ̃/	tricotez /tʁi.kɔ.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

• aiguille à tricoter

Related terms

• tricot
• tricotage
• tricoteuse

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tricoteur.

Noun

tricoter m (plural tricoteri)

1. knitter

Declension

Declension of tricoter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tricoter	tricoterul	(niște) tricoteri	tricoterii
genitive/dative	(unui) tricoter	tricoterului	(unor) tricoteri	tricoterilor
vocative	tricoterule		tricoterilor