clapoter

French

Etymology

From claper (“to clap”) +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kla.pɔ.te/
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Verb

clapoter

  1. (of water) to swash, slosh, lap

Conjugation

Conjugation of clapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple clapoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple clapotant
/kla.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle clapoté
/kla.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present clapote
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapotes
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapote
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapotons
/kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		clapotez
/kla.pɔ.te/ 		clapotent
/kla.pɔt/
imperfect clapotais
/kla.pɔ.tɛ/ 		clapotais
/kla.pɔ.tɛ/ 		clapotait
/kla.pɔ.tɛ/ 		clapotions
/kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		clapotiez
/kla.pɔ.tje/ 		clapotaient
/kla.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 clapotai
/kla.pɔ.te/ 		clapotas
/kla.pɔ.ta/ 		clapota
/kla.pɔ.ta/ 		clapotâmes
/kla.pɔ.tam/ 		clapotâtes
/kla.pɔ.tat/ 		clapotèrent
/kla.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future clapoterai
/kla.pɔ.tʁe/ 		clapoteras
/kla.pɔ.tʁa/ 		clapotera
/kla.pɔ.tʁa/ 		clapoterons
/kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		clapoterez
/kla.pɔ.tʁe/ 		clapoteront
/kla.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional clapoterais
/kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		clapoterais
/kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		clapoterait
/kla.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		clapoterions
/kla.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		clapoteriez
/kla.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		clapoteraient
/kla.pɔ.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 clapote
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapotes
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapote
/kla.pɔt/ 		clapotions
/kla.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		clapotiez
/kla.pɔ.tje/ 		clapotent
/kla.pɔt/
imperfect2 clapotasse
/kla.pɔ.tas/ 		clapotasses
/kla.pɔ.tas/ 		clapotât
/kla.pɔ.ta/ 		clapotassions
/kla.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		clapotassiez
/kla.pɔ.ta.sje/ 		clapotassent
/kla.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — clapote
/kla.pɔt/ 		— clapotons
/kla.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		clapotez
/kla.pɔ.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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