-oter

• -otter

Inherited from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from -ot + -er.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.te/

-oter (verb-forming suffix)

1. (colloquial) forms verbs from other verbs or sometimes nouns, with a diminutive or frequentative sense

   ‎baiser (“to kiss”) + ‎-oter → ‎baisoter (“to smother with kisses, to kiss to death”)

   ‎cracher (“to spit”) + ‎-oter → ‎crachoter (“to spittle”)

   ‎tourniquer (“to wind”) + ‎-oter → ‎tournicoter (“to flit around”)

   ‎bouillir (“to boil”) + ‎-otter → ‎bouillotter (“to simmer”)

   ‎manger (“to eat”) + ‎-otter → ‎mangeotter (“to eat with little appetite, to peck at one's food”)

   ‎numéro (“number”) + ‎-oter → ‎numéroter (“to number”)

   ‎chèvre (“goat”) + ‎-oter → ‎chevroter (“to quaver (of the voice); to bleat”)

   ‎papill(on) (“butterfly”) + ‎-oter → ‎papilloter (“to flutter; to flicker; to blink”)