tournicoter

French

Etymology

From tourniquer (“to wind”) +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/
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Verb

tournicoter

  1. (intransitive) to flit around

Conjugation

Conjugation of tournicoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tournicoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tournicotant
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tournicoté
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tournicote
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicotes
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicote
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicotons
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɔ̃/ 		tournicotez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/ 		tournicotent
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/
imperfect tournicotais
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ 		tournicotais
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ 		tournicotait
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/ 		tournicotions
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		tournicotiez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tje/ 		tournicotaient
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 tournicotai
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.te/ 		tournicotas
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ 		tournicota
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ 		tournicotâmes
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tam/ 		tournicotâtes
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tat/ 		tournicotèrent
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɛʁ/
future tournicoterai
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁe/ 		tournicoteras
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁa/ 		tournicotera
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁa/ 		tournicoterons
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		tournicoterez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁe/ 		tournicoteront
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional tournicoterais
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tournicoterais
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tournicoterait
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tʁɛ/ 		tournicoterions
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tournicoteriez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		tournicoteraient
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.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 tournicote
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicotes
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicote
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		tournicotions
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		tournicotiez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tje/ 		tournicotent
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/
imperfect2 tournicotasse
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/ 		tournicotasses
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/ 		tournicotât
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta/ 		tournicotassions
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		tournicotassiez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.ta.sje/ 		tournicotassent
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tournicote
/tuʁ.ni.kɔt/ 		— tournicotons
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.tɔ̃/ 		tournicotez
/tuʁ.ni.kɔ.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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