radoter

French

Etymology

From Old French redoter, from a Proto-West Germanic source..

Pronunciation

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Verb

radoter

  1. (intransitive) drivel (to talk nonsense)

Conjugation

Conjugation of radoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple radoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple radotant
/ʁa.dɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle radoté
/ʁa.dɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present radote
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radotes
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radote
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radotons
/ʁa.dɔ.tɔ̃/ 		radotez
/ʁa.dɔ.te/ 		radotent
/ʁa.dɔt/
imperfect radotais
/ʁa.dɔ.tɛ/ 		radotais
/ʁa.dɔ.tɛ/ 		radotait
/ʁa.dɔ.tɛ/ 		radotions
/ʁa.dɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		radotiez
/ʁa.dɔ.tje/ 		radotaient
/ʁa.dɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 radotai
/ʁa.dɔ.te/ 		radotas
/ʁa.dɔ.ta/ 		radota
/ʁa.dɔ.ta/ 		radotâmes
/ʁa.dɔ.tam/ 		radotâtes
/ʁa.dɔ.tat/ 		radotèrent
/ʁa.dɔ.tɛʁ/
future radoterai
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁe/ 		radoteras
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁa/ 		radotera
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁa/ 		radoterons
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		radoterez
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁe/ 		radoteront
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional radoterais
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁɛ/ 		radoterais
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁɛ/ 		radoterait
/ʁa.dɔ.tʁɛ/ 		radoterions
/ʁa.dɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		radoteriez
/ʁa.dɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		radoteraient
/ʁa.dɔ.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 radote
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radotes
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radote
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		radotions
/ʁa.dɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		radotiez
/ʁa.dɔ.tje/ 		radotent
/ʁa.dɔt/
imperfect2 radotasse
/ʁa.dɔ.tas/ 		radotasses
/ʁa.dɔ.tas/ 		radotât
/ʁa.dɔ.ta/ 		radotassions
/ʁa.dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		radotassiez
/ʁa.dɔ.ta.sje/ 		radotassent
/ʁa.dɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — radote
/ʁa.dɔt/ 		— radotons
/ʁa.dɔ.tɔ̃/ 		radotez
/ʁa.dɔ.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

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: radote

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