tripoter

French

Etymology

From tripot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁi.pɔ.te/
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Verb

tripoter

  1. to fiddle with
  2. to feel up

Conjugation

Conjugation of tripoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tripoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tripotant
/tʁi.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tripoté
/tʁi.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripotes
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripotons
/tʁi.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		tripotez
/tʁi.pɔ.te/ 		tripotent
/tʁi.pɔt/
imperfect tripotais
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/ 		tripotais
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/ 		tripotait
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/ 		tripotions
/tʁi.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		tripotiez
/tʁi.pɔ.tje/ 		tripotaient
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 tripotai
/tʁi.pɔ.te/ 		tripotas
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/ 		tripota
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/ 		tripotâmes
/tʁi.pɔ.tam/ 		tripotâtes
/tʁi.pɔ.tat/ 		tripotèrent
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future tripoterai
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁe/ 		tripoteras
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁa/ 		tripotera
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁa/ 		tripoterons
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		tripoterez
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁe/ 		tripoteront
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional tripoterais
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tripoterais
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tripoterait
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tripoterions
/tʁi.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tripoteriez
/tʁi.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		tripoteraient
/tʁi.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 tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripotes
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		tripotions
/tʁi.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		tripotiez
/tʁi.pɔ.tje/ 		tripotent
/tʁi.pɔt/
imperfect2 tripotasse
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/ 		tripotasses
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/ 		tripotât
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/ 		tripotassions
/tʁi.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		tripotassiez
/tʁi.pɔ.ta.sje/ 		tripotassent
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/ 		— tripotons
/tʁi.pɔ.tɔ̃/ 		tripotez
/tʁi.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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