chatoyer
French
Etymology
chat + -oyer, referring to the tapetum of the cat's eye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.twa.je/
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Verb
chatoyer
- (intransitive) to shimmer; to iridesce (to reflect light in different colors depending on the direction and orientation)
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of chatoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | chatoyer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | chatoyant /ʃa.twa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chatoyé /ʃa.twa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ | chatoies /ʃa.twa/ | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ | chatoyons /ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ | chatoyez /ʃa.twa.je/ | chatoient /ʃa.twa/ |
imperfect | chatoyais /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ | chatoyais /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ | chatoyait /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ | chatoyions /ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ | chatoyiez /ʃa.twaj.je/ | chatoyaient /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | chatoyai /ʃa.twa.je/ | chatoyas /ʃa.twa.ja/ | chatoya /ʃa.twa.ja/ | chatoyâmes /ʃa.twa.jam/ | chatoyâtes /ʃa.twa.jat/ | chatoyèrent /ʃa.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | chatoierai /ʃa.twa.ʁe/ | chatoieras /ʃa.twa.ʁa/ | chatoiera /ʃa.twa.ʁa/ | chatoierons /ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | chatoierez /ʃa.twa.ʁe/ | chatoieront /ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chatoierais /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ | chatoierais /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ | chatoierait /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ | chatoierions /ʃa.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ | chatoieriez /ʃa.twa.ʁje/ | chatoieraient /ʃa.twa.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 | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ | chatoies /ʃa.twa/ | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ | chatoyions /ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ | chatoyiez /ʃa.twaj.je/ | chatoient /ʃa.twa/ |
imperfect2 | chatoyasse /ʃa.twa.jas/ | chatoyasses /ʃa.twa.jas/ | chatoyât /ʃa.twa.ja/ | chatoyassions /ʃa.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | chatoyassiez /ʃa.twa.ja.sje/ | chatoyassent /ʃa.twa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ | — | chatoyons /ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ | chatoyez /ʃa.twa.je/ | — | |
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
- chatoiement
Further reading
- “chatoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.