crachoter

French

Etymology

From cracher +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

crachoter

1. to spittle
2. to splutter, crackle (e.g. a radio)

Conjugation

Conjugation of crachoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crachoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crachotant /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crachoté /kʁa.ʃɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crachote /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachotes /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachote /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachotons /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/	crachotez /kʁa.ʃɔ.te/	crachotent /kʁa.ʃɔt/
	imperfect	crachotais /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɛ/	crachotais /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɛ/	crachotait /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɛ/	crachotions /kʁa.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/	crachotiez /kʁa.ʃɔ.tje/	crachotaient /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	crachotai /kʁa.ʃɔ.te/	crachotas /kʁa.ʃɔ.ta/	crachota /kʁa.ʃɔ.ta/	crachotâmes /kʁa.ʃɔ.tam/	crachotâtes /kʁa.ʃɔ.tat/	crachotèrent /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	crachoterai /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁe/	crachoteras /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁa/	crachotera /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁa/	crachoterons /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/	crachoterez /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁe/	crachoteront /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crachoterais /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	crachoterais /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	crachoterait /kʁa.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/	crachoterions /kʁa.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	crachoteriez /kʁa.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/	crachoteraient /kʁa.ʃɔ.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	crachote /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachotes /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachote /kʁa.ʃɔt/	crachotions /kʁa.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/	crachotiez /kʁa.ʃɔ.tje/	crachotent /kʁa.ʃɔt/
	imperfect2	crachotasse /kʁa.ʃɔ.tas/	crachotasses /kʁa.ʃɔ.tas/	crachotât /kʁa.ʃɔ.ta/	crachotassions /kʁa.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	crachotassiez /kʁa.ʃɔ.ta.sje/	crachotassent /kʁa.ʃɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crachote /kʁa.ʃɔt/	—	crachotons /kʁa.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/	crachotez /kʁa.ʃɔ.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

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