asticoter

French

Etymology

From an earlier dasticoter, from German daß dich Gott... ("may God..."), the first words of numerous curses in that language, probably introduced by German mercenaries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.ti.kɔ.te/

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Verb

asticoter

1. (transitive) to annoy, needle

Conjugation

Conjugation of asticoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	asticoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	asticotant /as.ti.kɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		asticoté /as.ti.kɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	asticote /as.ti.kɔt/	asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/	asticote /as.ti.kɔt/	asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/	asticotez /as.ti.kɔ.te/	asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/
	imperfect	asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/	asticotais /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/	asticotait /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/	asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/	asticotaient /as.ti.kɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	asticotai /as.ti.kɔ.te/	asticotas /as.ti.kɔ.ta/	asticota /as.ti.kɔ.ta/	asticotâmes /as.ti.kɔ.tam/	asticotâtes /as.ti.kɔ.tat/	asticotèrent /as.ti.kɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	asticoterai /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/	asticoteras /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/	asticotera /as.ti.kɔ.tʁa/	asticoterons /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/	asticoterez /as.ti.kɔ.tʁe/	asticoteront /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/	asticoterais /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/	asticoterait /as.ti.kɔ.tʁɛ/	asticoterions /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	asticoteriez /as.ti.kɔ.tə.ʁje/	asticoteraient /as.ti.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	asticote /as.ti.kɔt/	asticotes /as.ti.kɔt/	asticote /as.ti.kɔt/	asticotions /as.ti.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	asticotiez /as.ti.kɔ.tje/	asticotent /as.ti.kɔt/
	imperfect2	asticotasse /as.ti.kɔ.tas/	asticotasses /as.ti.kɔ.tas/	asticotât /as.ti.kɔ.ta/	asticotassions /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	asticotassiez /as.ti.kɔ.ta.sje/	asticotassent /as.ti.kɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	asticote /as.ti.kɔt/	—	asticotons /as.ti.kɔ.tɔ̃/	asticotez /as.ti.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).

Further reading

• “asticoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.