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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