bécoter
French
Etymology
From bécot (“peck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.kɔ.te/
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Verb
bécoter
- (informal) to kiss; besmooch
- Synonym: embrasser
- 1953, “Les amoureux des bancs publics”, performed by Georges Brassens:
- Les amoureux qui s'bécotent sur les bancs publics, / Bancs publics, bancs publics, / En s'disant des "Je t'aime'" pathétiques, / Ont des p'tits gueules bien sympathiques!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bécoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bécoter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bécotant /be.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bécoté /be.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bécote /be.kɔt/ | bécotes /be.kɔt/ | bécote /be.kɔt/ | bécotons /be.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | bécotez /be.kɔ.te/ | bécotent /be.kɔt/ |
imperfect | bécotais /be.kɔ.tɛ/ | bécotais /be.kɔ.tɛ/ | bécotait /be.kɔ.tɛ/ | bécotions /be.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | bécotiez /be.kɔ.tje/ | bécotaient /be.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bécotai /be.kɔ.te/ | bécotas /be.kɔ.ta/ | bécota /be.kɔ.ta/ | bécotâmes /be.kɔ.tam/ | bécotâtes /be.kɔ.tat/ | bécotèrent /be.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | bécoterai /be.kɔ.tʁe/ | bécoteras /be.kɔ.tʁa/ | bécotera /be.kɔ.tʁa/ | bécoterons /be.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | bécoterez /be.kɔ.tʁe/ | bécoteront /be.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bécoterais /be.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | bécoterais /be.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | bécoterait /be.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | bécoterions /be.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bécoteriez /be.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ | bécoteraient /be.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 | bécote /be.kɔt/ | bécotes /be.kɔt/ | bécote /be.kɔt/ | bécotions /be.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | bécotiez /be.kɔ.tje/ | bécotent /be.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | bécotasse /be.kɔ.tas/ | bécotasses /be.kɔ.tas/ | bécotât /be.kɔ.ta/ | bécotassions /be.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | bécotassiez /be.kɔ.ta.sje/ | bécotassent /be.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bécote /be.kɔt/ | — | bécotons /be.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | bécotez /be.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
- “bécoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.