accoter
French
Etymology
From Late Latin accubitāre, with the influence of Old French acoster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kɔ.te/
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Verb
accoter
- (reflexive) to lean
- (transitive) to support, to rest (on)
- (Quebec, informal) to equal
Conjugation
Conjugation of accoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | accoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | accotant /a.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | accoté /a.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | accote /a.kɔt/ | accotes /a.kɔt/ | accote /a.kɔt/ | accotons /a.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | accotez /a.kɔ.te/ | accotent /a.kɔt/ |
imperfect | accotais /a.kɔ.tɛ/ | accotais /a.kɔ.tɛ/ | accotait /a.kɔ.tɛ/ | accotions /a.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | accotiez /a.kɔ.tje/ | accotaient /a.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | accotai /a.kɔ.te/ | accotas /a.kɔ.ta/ | accota /a.kɔ.ta/ | accotâmes /a.kɔ.tam/ | accotâtes /a.kɔ.tat/ | accotèrent /a.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | accoterai /a.kɔ.tʁe/ | accoteras /a.kɔ.tʁa/ | accotera /a.kɔ.tʁa/ | accoterons /a.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | accoterez /a.kɔ.tʁe/ | accoteront /a.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | accoterais /a.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | accoterais /a.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | accoterait /a.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | accoterions /a.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | accoteriez /a.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ | accoteraient /a.kɔ.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 | accote /a.kɔt/ | accotes /a.kɔt/ | accote /a.kɔt/ | accotions /a.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | accotiez /a.kɔ.tje/ | accotent /a.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | accotasse /a.kɔ.tas/ | accotasses /a.kɔ.tas/ | accotât /a.kɔ.ta/ | accotassions /a.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | accotassiez /a.kɔ.ta.sje/ | accotassent /a.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | accote /a.kɔt/ | — | accotons /a.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | accotez /a.kɔ.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
- accotement
Further reading
- “accoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.