picorer

French

Etymology

Originally military slang, probably from piquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.kɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

picorer

  1. (obsolete) to maraud, pillage, rampage
  2. to nibble, peck (of birds, or figuratively)

Conjugation

Conjugation of picorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple picorer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple picorant
/pi.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle picoré
/pi.kɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present picore
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picores
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picore
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picorons
/pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		picorez
/pi.kɔ.ʁe/ 		picorent
/pi.kɔʁ/
imperfect picorais
/pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		picorais
/pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		picorait
/pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		picorions
/pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		picoriez
/pi.kɔ.ʁje/ 		picoraient
/pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 picorai
/pi.kɔ.ʁe/ 		picoras
/pi.kɔ.ʁa/ 		picora
/pi.kɔ.ʁa/ 		picorâmes
/pi.kɔ.ʁam/ 		picorâtes
/pi.kɔ.ʁat/ 		picorèrent
/pi.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future picorerai
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		picoreras
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		picorera
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		picorerons
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		picorerez
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		picoreront
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional picorerais
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		picorerais
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		picorerait
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		picorerions
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		picoreriez
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		picoreraient
/pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(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 picore
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picores
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picore
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		picorions
/pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		picoriez
/pi.kɔ.ʁje/ 		picorent
/pi.kɔʁ/
imperfect2 picorasse
/pi.kɔ.ʁas/ 		picorasses
/pi.kɔ.ʁas/ 		picorât
/pi.kɔ.ʁa/ 		picorassions
/pi.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		picorassiez
/pi.kɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		picorassent
/pi.kɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — picore
/pi.kɔʁ/ 		— picorons
/pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		picorez
/pi.kɔ.ʁe/ 		—
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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