boiter
See also: boîter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa.te/
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Verb
boiter
- to limp (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
- Synonyms: claudiquer, clopiner
Conjugation
Conjugation of boiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | boiter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | boitant /bwa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | boité /bwa.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | boite /bwat/ | boites /bwat/ | boite /bwat/ | boitons /bwa.tɔ̃/ | boitez /bwa.te/ | boitent /bwat/ |
imperfect | boitais /bwa.tɛ/ | boitais /bwa.tɛ/ | boitait /bwa.tɛ/ | boitions /bwa.tjɔ̃/ | boitiez /bwa.tje/ | boitaient /bwa.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | boitai /bwa.te/ | boitas /bwa.ta/ | boita /bwa.ta/ | boitâmes /bwa.tam/ | boitâtes /bwa.tat/ | boitèrent /bwa.tɛʁ/ | |
future | boiterai /bwa.tʁe/ | boiteras /bwa.tʁa/ | boitera /bwa.tʁa/ | boiterons /bwa.tʁɔ̃/ | boiterez /bwa.tʁe/ | boiteront /bwa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | boiterais /bwa.tʁɛ/ | boiterais /bwa.tʁɛ/ | boiterait /bwa.tʁɛ/ | boiterions /bwa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | boiteriez /bwa.tə.ʁje/ | boiteraient /bwa.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 | boite /bwat/ | boites /bwat/ | boite /bwat/ | boitions /bwa.tjɔ̃/ | boitiez /bwa.tje/ | boitent /bwat/ |
imperfect2 | boitasse /bwa.tas/ | boitasses /bwa.tas/ | boitât /bwa.ta/ | boitassions /bwa.ta.sjɔ̃/ | boitassiez /bwa.ta.sje/ | boitassent /bwa.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | boite /bwat/ | — | boitons /bwa.tɔ̃/ | boitez /bwa.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
- boitement
- boiteux
Further reading
- “boiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- orbite, orbité
- reboit