tripoter

French

Etymology

From tripot.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁi.pɔ.te/
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Verb

tripoter

  1. to fiddle with
  2. to feel up

Conjugation
Conjugation of tripoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tripoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tripotant
/tʁi.pɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tripoté
/tʁi.pɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripotes
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripotons
/tʁi.pɔ.tɔ̃/		 tripotez
/tʁi.pɔ.te/		 tripotent
/tʁi.pɔt/
imperfect tripotais
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/		 tripotais
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/		 tripotait
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/		 tripotions
/tʁi.pɔ.tjɔ̃/		 tripotiez
/tʁi.pɔ.tje/		 tripotaient
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 tripotai
/tʁi.pɔ.te/		 tripotas
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/		 tripota
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/		 tripotâmes
/tʁi.pɔ.tam/		 tripotâtes
/tʁi.pɔ.tat/		 tripotèrent
/tʁi.pɔ.tɛʁ/
future tripoterai
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁe/		 tripoteras
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁa/		 tripotera
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁa/		 tripoterons
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 tripoterez
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁe/		 tripoteront
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional tripoterais
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 tripoterais
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 tripoterait
/tʁi.pɔ.tʁɛ/		 tripoterions
/tʁi.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tripoteriez
/tʁi.pɔ.tə.ʁje/		 tripoteraient
/tʁi.pɔ.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 tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripotes
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/		 tripotions
/tʁi.pɔ.tjɔ̃/		 tripotiez
/tʁi.pɔ.tje/		 tripotent
/tʁi.pɔt/
imperfect2 tripotasse
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/		 tripotasses
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/		 tripotât
/tʁi.pɔ.ta/		 tripotassions
/tʁi.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 tripotassiez
/tʁi.pɔ.ta.sje/		 tripotassent
/tʁi.pɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tripote
/tʁi.pɔt/		 — tripotons
/tʁi.pɔ.tɔ̃/		 tripotez
/tʁi.pɔ.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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