chicoter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.kɔ.te/
Etymology 1
From chicot (“stump, stub”) + -er.
Verb
chicoter
- (transitive) to cut away, to cut up
- Synonym: déchiqueter
- (transitive, Louisiana) to nibble, to eat away, to erode
- (transitive, Louisiana) to whittle
- (transitive, Louisiana) to harass, to irritate
Conjugation
Conjugation of chicoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chicoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chicotant /ʃi.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chicoté /ʃi.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotes /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotons /ʃi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chicotez /ʃi.kɔ.te/ |
chicotent /ʃi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect | chicotais /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotais /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotait /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotions /ʃi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chicotiez /ʃi.kɔ.tje/ |
chicotaient /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chicotai /ʃi.kɔ.te/ |
chicotas /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicota /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicotâmes /ʃi.kɔ.tam/ |
chicotâtes /ʃi.kɔ.tat/ |
chicotèrent /ʃi.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | chicoterai /ʃi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
chicoteras /ʃi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
chicotera /ʃi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
chicoterons /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
chicoterez /ʃi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
chicoteront /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chicoterais /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterais /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterait /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterions /ʃi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chicoteriez /ʃi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
chicoteraient /ʃi.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 | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotes /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotions /ʃi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chicotiez /ʃi.kɔ.tje/ |
chicotent /ʃi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | chicotasse /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ |
chicotasses /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ |
chicotât /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicotassions /ʃi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
chicotassiez /ʃi.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
chicotassent /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
— | chicotons /ʃi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chicotez /ʃi.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). | |||||||
Etymology 2
Probably an alternation of chicaner with the pejorative suffix -oter.
Verb
chicoter
Conjugation
Conjugation of chicoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chicoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chicotant /ʃi.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chicoté /ʃi.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotes /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotons /ʃi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chicotez /ʃi.kɔ.te/ |
chicotent /ʃi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect | chicotais /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotais /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotait /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
chicotions /ʃi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chicotiez /ʃi.kɔ.tje/ |
chicotaient /ʃi.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chicotai /ʃi.kɔ.te/ |
chicotas /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicota /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicotâmes /ʃi.kɔ.tam/ |
chicotâtes /ʃi.kɔ.tat/ |
chicotèrent /ʃi.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | chicoterai /ʃi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
chicoteras /ʃi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
chicotera /ʃi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
chicoterons /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
chicoterez /ʃi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
chicoteront /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chicoterais /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterais /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterait /ʃi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
chicoterions /ʃi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chicoteriez /ʃi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
chicoteraient /ʃi.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 | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotes /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
chicotions /ʃi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
chicotiez /ʃi.kɔ.tje/ |
chicotent /ʃi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | chicotasse /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ |
chicotasses /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ |
chicotât /ʃi.kɔ.ta/ |
chicotassions /ʃi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
chicotassiez /ʃi.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
chicotassent /ʃi.kɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chicote /ʃi.kɔt/ |
— | chicotons /ʃi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
chicotez /ʃi.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
- “chicoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)