ergoter

French

Etymology

ergot +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁɡɔte/

Verb

ergoter

  1. (figuratively) to quibble; to argue; to contest
  2. (transitive) to prune a tree or plant
  3. (of poultry) to scratch with the dewclaw (spur)

Conjugation
Conjugation of ergoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle ergotant
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
past participle ergoté
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/
infinitive
simple ergoter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ergotant
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ergote
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergotes
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergote
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergotons
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/		 ergotez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/		 ergotent
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/
imperfect ergotais
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 ergotais
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 ergotait
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/		 ergotions
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/		 ergotiez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/		 ergotaient
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 ergotai
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/		 ergotas
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/		 ergota
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/		 ergotâmes
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tam/		 ergotâtes
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tat/		 ergotèrent
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/
future ergoterai
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/		 ergoteras
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/		 ergotera
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/		 ergoterons
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 ergoterez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/		 ergoteront
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional ergoterais
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 ergoterais
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 ergoterait
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/		 ergoterions
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ergoteriez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/		 ergoteraient
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.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 ergote
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergotes
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergote
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 ergotions
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/		 ergotiez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/		 ergotent
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/
imperfect2 ergotasse
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/		 ergotasses
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/		 ergotât
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/		 ergotassions
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 ergotassiez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sje/		 ergotassent
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ergote
/ɛʁ.ɡɔt/		 — ergotons
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/		 ergotez
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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