clapoter
French
Etymology
claper (“to clap”) + -oter
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.pɔ.te/
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Verb
clapoter
- (of water) to swash, slosh, lap
Conjugation
Conjugation of clapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | clapoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | clapotant /kla.pɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | clapoté /kla.pɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | clapote /kla.pɔt/ | clapotes /kla.pɔt/ | clapote /kla.pɔt/ | clapotons /kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | clapotez /kla.pɔ.te/ | clapotent /kla.pɔt/ |
imperfect | clapotais /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ | clapotais /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ | clapotait /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ | clapotions /kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | clapotiez /kla.pɔ.tje/ | clapotaient /kla.pɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | clapotai /kla.pɔ.te/ | clapotas /kla.pɔ.ta/ | clapota /kla.pɔ.ta/ | clapotâmes /kla.pɔ.tam/ | clapotâtes /kla.pɔ.tat/ | clapotèrent /kla.pɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | clapoterai /kla.pɔ.tʁe/ | clapoteras /kla.pɔ.tʁa/ | clapotera /kla.pɔ.tʁa/ | clapoterons /kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | clapoterez /kla.pɔ.tʁe/ | clapoteront /kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clapoterais /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | clapoterais /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | clapoterait /kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | clapoterions /kla.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clapoteriez /kla.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ | clapoteraient /kla.pɔ.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 | clapote /kla.pɔt/ | clapotes /kla.pɔt/ | clapote /kla.pɔt/ | clapotions /kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ | clapotiez /kla.pɔ.tje/ | clapotent /kla.pɔt/ |
imperfect2 | clapotasse /kla.pɔ.tas/ | clapotasses /kla.pɔ.tas/ | clapotât /kla.pɔ.ta/ | clapotassions /kla.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | clapotassiez /kla.pɔ.ta.sje/ | clapotassent /kla.pɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | clapote /kla.pɔt/ | — | clapotons /kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ | clapotez /kla.pɔ.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). |
Related terms
- clapotis
- clapotement
Further reading
- “clapoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.