picorer
French
Etymology
Originally military slang, probably from piquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.kɔ.ʁe/
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Verb
picorer
- (obsolete) to maraud, pillage, rampage
- to nibble, peck (of birds, or figuratively)
Conjugation
Conjugation of picorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | picorer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | picorant /pi.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | picoré /pi.kɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | picore /pi.kɔʁ/ | picores /pi.kɔʁ/ | picore /pi.kɔʁ/ | picorons /pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | picorez /pi.kɔ.ʁe/ | picorent /pi.kɔʁ/ |
imperfect | picorais /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ | picorais /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ | picorait /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ | picorions /pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ | picoriez /pi.kɔ.ʁje/ | picoraient /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | picorai /pi.kɔ.ʁe/ | picoras /pi.kɔ.ʁa/ | picora /pi.kɔ.ʁa/ | picorâmes /pi.kɔ.ʁam/ | picorâtes /pi.kɔ.ʁat/ | picorèrent /pi.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | picorerai /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ | picoreras /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ | picorera /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ | picorerons /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | picorerez /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ | picoreront /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | picorerais /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | picorerais /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | picorerait /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | picorerions /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | picoreriez /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ | picoreraient /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | picore /pi.kɔʁ/ | picores /pi.kɔʁ/ | picore /pi.kɔʁ/ | picorions /pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ | picoriez /pi.kɔ.ʁje/ | picorent /pi.kɔʁ/ |
imperfect2 | picorasse /pi.kɔ.ʁas/ | picorasses /pi.kɔ.ʁas/ | picorât /pi.kɔ.ʁa/ | picorassions /pi.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | picorassiez /pi.kɔ.ʁa.sje/ | picorassent /pi.kɔ.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | picore /pi.kɔʁ/ | — | picorons /pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | picorez /pi.kɔ.ʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “picorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.