bachoter

French

Etymology

From bachot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʃɔ.te/
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Verb

bachoter

  1. (colloquial) to cram (revise hard for an exam, especially for a baccalauréat exam)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bachoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bachoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bachotant
/ba.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bachoté
/ba.ʃɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachotes
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachotons
/ba.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ 		bachotez
/ba.ʃɔ.te/ 		bachotent
/ba.ʃɔt/
imperfect bachotais
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/ 		bachotais
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/ 		bachotait
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/ 		bachotions
/ba.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		bachotiez
/ba.ʃɔ.tje/ 		bachotaient
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 bachotai
/ba.ʃɔ.te/ 		bachotas
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/ 		bachota
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/ 		bachotâmes
/ba.ʃɔ.tam/ 		bachotâtes
/ba.ʃɔ.tat/ 		bachotèrent
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/
future bachoterai
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁe/ 		bachoteras
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁa/ 		bachotera
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁa/ 		bachoterons
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		bachoterez
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁe/ 		bachoteront
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional bachoterais
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ 		bachoterais
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ 		bachoterait
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/ 		bachoterions
/ba.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bachoteriez
/ba.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		bachoteraient
/ba.ʃɔ.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 bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachotes
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		bachotions
/ba.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		bachotiez
/ba.ʃɔ.tje/ 		bachotent
/ba.ʃɔt/
imperfect2 bachotasse
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/ 		bachotasses
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/ 		bachotât
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/ 		bachotassions
/ba.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		bachotassiez
/ba.ʃɔ.ta.sje/ 		bachotassent
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/ 		— bachotons
/ba.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/ 		bachotez
/ba.ʃɔ.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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