gigoter

French

Etymology

From giguer +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
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Verb

gigoter

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
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).

Derived terms

  • gigoteur

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