zozoter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.zɔ.te/

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Verb

zozoter

1. (intransitive) To lisp

Conjugation

Conjugation of zozoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zozoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zozotant /zɔ.zɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zozoté /zɔ.zɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zozote /zɔ.zɔt/	zozotes /zɔ.zɔt/	zozote /zɔ.zɔt/	zozotons /zɔ.zɔ.tɔ̃/	zozotez /zɔ.zɔ.te/	zozotent /zɔ.zɔt/
	imperfect	zozotais /zɔ.zɔ.tɛ/	zozotais /zɔ.zɔ.tɛ/	zozotait /zɔ.zɔ.tɛ/	zozotions /zɔ.zɔ.tjɔ̃/	zozotiez /zɔ.zɔ.tje/	zozotaient /zɔ.zɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	zozotai /zɔ.zɔ.te/	zozotas /zɔ.zɔ.ta/	zozota /zɔ.zɔ.ta/	zozotâmes /zɔ.zɔ.tam/	zozotâtes /zɔ.zɔ.tat/	zozotèrent /zɔ.zɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	zozoterai /zɔ.zɔ.tʁe/	zozoteras /zɔ.zɔ.tʁa/	zozotera /zɔ.zɔ.tʁa/	zozoterons /zɔ.zɔ.tʁɔ̃/	zozoterez /zɔ.zɔ.tʁe/	zozoteront /zɔ.zɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zozoterais /zɔ.zɔ.tʁɛ/	zozoterais /zɔ.zɔ.tʁɛ/	zozoterait /zɔ.zɔ.tʁɛ/	zozoterions /zɔ.zɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	zozoteriez /zɔ.zɔ.tə.ʁje/	zozoteraient /zɔ.zɔ.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	zozote /zɔ.zɔt/	zozotes /zɔ.zɔt/	zozote /zɔ.zɔt/	zozotions /zɔ.zɔ.tjɔ̃/	zozotiez /zɔ.zɔ.tje/	zozotent /zɔ.zɔt/
	imperfect2	zozotasse /zɔ.zɔ.tas/	zozotasses /zɔ.zɔ.tas/	zozotât /zɔ.zɔ.ta/	zozotassions /zɔ.zɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	zozotassiez /zɔ.zɔ.ta.sje/	zozotassent /zɔ.zɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zozote /zɔ.zɔt/	—	zozotons /zɔ.zɔ.tɔ̃/	zozotez /zɔ.zɔ.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).

Synonyms

• zézayer

Further reading

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