fayoter

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fa.jɔ.te/
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Verb

fayoter

  1. (France, informal) to brownnose

Conjugation
Conjugation of fayoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fayoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fayotant
/fa.jɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fayoté
/fa.jɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fayote
/fa.jɔt/		 fayotes
/fa.jɔt/		 fayote
/fa.jɔt/		 fayotons
/fa.jɔ.tɔ̃/		 fayotez
/fa.jɔ.te/		 fayotent
/fa.jɔt/
imperfect fayotais
/fa.jɔ.tɛ/		 fayotais
/fa.jɔ.tɛ/		 fayotait
/fa.jɔ.tɛ/		 fayotions
/fa.jɔ.tjɔ̃/		 fayotiez
/fa.jɔ.tje/		 fayotaient
/fa.jɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 fayotai
/fa.jɔ.te/		 fayotas
/fa.jɔ.ta/		 fayota
/fa.jɔ.ta/		 fayotâmes
/fa.jɔ.tam/		 fayotâtes
/fa.jɔ.tat/		 fayotèrent
/fa.jɔ.tɛʁ/
future fayoterai
/fa.jɔ.tʁe/		 fayoteras
/fa.jɔ.tʁa/		 fayotera
/fa.jɔ.tʁa/		 fayoterons
/fa.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 fayoterez
/fa.jɔ.tʁe/		 fayoteront
/fa.jɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fayoterais
/fa.jɔ.tʁɛ/		 fayoterais
/fa.jɔ.tʁɛ/		 fayoterait
/fa.jɔ.tʁɛ/		 fayoterions
/fa.jɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fayoteriez
/fa.jɔ.tə.ʁje/		 fayoteraient
/fa.jɔ.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 fayote
/fa.jɔt/		 fayotes
/fa.jɔt/		 fayote
/fa.jɔt/		 fayotions
/fa.jɔ.tjɔ̃/		 fayotiez
/fa.jɔ.tje/		 fayotent
/fa.jɔt/
imperfect2 fayotasse
/fa.jɔ.tas/		 fayotasses
/fa.jɔ.tas/		 fayotât
/fa.jɔ.ta/		 fayotassions
/fa.jɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 fayotassiez
/fa.jɔ.ta.sje/		 fayotassent
/fa.jɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fayote
/fa.jɔt/		 — fayotons
/fa.jɔ.tɔ̃/		 fayotez
/fa.jɔ.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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