boursicoter
French
Etymology
From boursicot. The first sense dates at least to the sixteenth century; the second was influenced by the subsequent development of bourse to mean "stock exchange".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.si.kɔ.te/
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Verb
boursicoter
- (intransitive) to set money aside
- (intransitive) to dabble on the stock market
Conjugation
Conjugation of boursicoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | boursicoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | boursicotant /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | boursicoté /buʁ.si.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | boursicote /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicotes /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicote /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicotons /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | boursicotez /buʁ.si.kɔ.te/ | boursicotent /buʁ.si.kɔt/ |
imperfect | boursicotais /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɛ/ | boursicotais /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɛ/ | boursicotait /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɛ/ | boursicotions /buʁ.si.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | boursicotiez /buʁ.si.kɔ.tje/ | boursicotaient /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | boursicotai /buʁ.si.kɔ.te/ | boursicotas /buʁ.si.kɔ.ta/ | boursicota /buʁ.si.kɔ.ta/ | boursicotâmes /buʁ.si.kɔ.tam/ | boursicotâtes /buʁ.si.kɔ.tat/ | boursicotèrent /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | boursicoterai /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁe/ | boursicoteras /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁa/ | boursicotera /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁa/ | boursicoterons /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | boursicoterez /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁe/ | boursicoteront /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | boursicoterais /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boursicoterais /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boursicoterait /buʁ.si.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boursicoterions /buʁ.si.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | boursicoteriez /buʁ.si.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ | boursicoteraient /buʁ.si.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 | boursicote /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicotes /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicote /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | boursicotions /buʁ.si.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | boursicotiez /buʁ.si.kɔ.tje/ | boursicotent /buʁ.si.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | boursicotasse /buʁ.si.kɔ.tas/ | boursicotasses /buʁ.si.kɔ.tas/ | boursicotât /buʁ.si.kɔ.ta/ | boursicotassions /buʁ.si.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | boursicotassiez /buʁ.si.kɔ.ta.sje/ | boursicotassent /buʁ.si.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | boursicote /buʁ.si.kɔt/ | — | boursicotons /buʁ.si.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | boursicotez /buʁ.si.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). |
Further reading
- “boursicoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.