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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.