chuchoter
French
Etymology
Imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
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Verb
chuchoter
- to whisper
- to gossip
- Je ne parle jamais avec elle car elle chuchote toujours à quiconque l'écoute sur tout le monde.
- I never speak with her because she's always whispering about everyone to anyone who will listen.
- (of leaves) to rustle
Conjugation
Conjugation of chuchoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | chuchoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | chuchotant /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chuchoté /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ | chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ | chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
imperfect | chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ | chuchotais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ | chuchotait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ | chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ | chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/ | chuchotaient /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | chuchotai /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/ | chuchotas /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ | chuchota /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ | chuchotâmes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tam/ | chuchotâtes /ʃy.ʃɔ.tat/ | chuchotèrent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | chuchoterai /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/ | chuchoteras /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/ | chuchotera /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/ | chuchoterons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | chuchoterez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/ | chuchoteront /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ | chuchoterais /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ | chuchoterait /ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ | chuchoterions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | chuchoteriez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/ | chuchoteraient /ʃy.ʃɔ.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 | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchotes /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | chuchotions /ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ | chuchotiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/ | chuchotent /ʃy.ʃɔt/ |
imperfect2 | chuchotasse /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ | chuchotasses /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ | chuchotât /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/ | chuchotassions /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | chuchotassiez /ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sje/ | chuchotassent /ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chuchote /ʃy.ʃɔt/ | — | chuchotons /ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ | chuchotez /ʃy.ʃɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- chuchotement
- chuchoteur
- chuchotis
Descendants
- → Romanian: șușoti
Further reading
- “chuchoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
chuchoter
- (Jersey) to whisper
Derived terms
- chuchoteux (“whisperer”)