ergoter

French

Etymology

ergot +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/
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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)
infinitive simple ergoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ergotant
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ergoté
/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 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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