folâtrer

French

Etymology

From folâtre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.la.tʁe/ ~ /fɔ.lɑ.tʁe/

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Verb

folâtrer

1. (intransitive) to frolic, gambol

Conjugation

Conjugation of folâtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	folâtrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	folâtrant /fɔ.la.tʁɑ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		folâtré /fɔ.la.tʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	folâtre /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtres /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtre /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtrons /fɔ.la.tʁɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɔ̃/	folâtrez /fɔ.la.tʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	folâtrent /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/
	imperfect	folâtrais /fɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	folâtrais /fɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	folâtrait /fɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	folâtrions /fɔ.la.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	folâtriez /fɔ.la.tʁi.je/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁi.je/	folâtraient /fɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	folâtrai /fɔ.la.tʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	folâtras /fɔ.la.tʁa/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	folâtra /fɔ.la.tʁa/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	folâtrâmes /fɔ.la.tʁam/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁam/	folâtrâtes /fɔ.la.tʁat/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁat/	folâtrèrent /fɔ.la.tʁɛʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɛʁ/
	future	folâtrerai /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	folâtreras /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁa/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	folâtrera /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁa/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	folâtrerons /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	folâtrerez /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	folâtreront /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	folâtrerais /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	folâtrerais /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	folâtrerait /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	folâtrerions /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	folâtreriez /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁje/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁje/	folâtreraient /fɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/
(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	folâtre /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtres /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtre /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	folâtrions /fɔ.la.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	folâtriez /fɔ.la.tʁi.je/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁi.je/	folâtrent /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/
	imperfect2	folâtrasse /fɔ.la.tʁas/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁas/	folâtrasses /fɔ.la.tʁas/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁas/	folâtrât /fɔ.la.tʁa/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	folâtrassions /fɔ.la.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	folâtrassiez /fɔ.la.tʁa.sje/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁa.sje/	folâtrassent /fɔ.la.tʁas/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	folâtre /fɔ.latʁ/ or /fɔ.lɑtʁ/	—	folâtrons /fɔ.la.tʁɔ̃/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁɔ̃/	folâtrez /fɔ.la.tʁe/ or /fɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	—
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

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