gigoter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
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Verb
gigoter
- (ambitransitive) to wriggle (about)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gigoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gigoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gigotant /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gigoté /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigotes /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigotons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
gigotez /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/ |
gigotent /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | gigotais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gigotais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gigotait /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
gigotions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
gigotiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/ |
gigotaient /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gigotai /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/ |
gigotas /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gigota /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gigotâmes /ʒi.ɡɔ.tam/ |
gigotâtes /ʒi.ɡɔ.tat/ |
gigotèrent /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | gigoterai /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
gigoteras /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
gigotera /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
gigoterons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
gigoterez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
gigoteront /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gigoterais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gigoterais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gigoterait /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
gigoterions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gigoteriez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
gigoteraient /ʒi.ɡɔ.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 | gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigotes /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
gigotions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
gigotiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/ |
gigotent /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | gigotasse /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/ |
gigotasses /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/ |
gigotât /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/ |
gigotassions /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
gigotassiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
gigotassent /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/ |
— | gigotons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
gigotez /ʒi.ɡɔ.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
- gigoteur
Further reading
- “gigoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.