pianoter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pja.nɔ.te/

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Verb

pianoter

1. to tap (hit lightly)
2. (computing, mildly humorous) to type (use a computer keyboard), to type away at

Conjugation

Conjugation of pianoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pianoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pianotant /pja.nɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pianoté /pja.nɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pianote /pja.nɔt/	pianotes /pja.nɔt/	pianote /pja.nɔt/	pianotons /pja.nɔ.tɔ̃/	pianotez /pja.nɔ.te/	pianotent /pja.nɔt/
	imperfect	pianotais /pja.nɔ.tɛ/	pianotais /pja.nɔ.tɛ/	pianotait /pja.nɔ.tɛ/	pianotions /pja.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	pianotiez /pja.nɔ.tje/	pianotaient /pja.nɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	pianotai /pja.nɔ.te/	pianotas /pja.nɔ.ta/	pianota /pja.nɔ.ta/	pianotâmes /pja.nɔ.tam/	pianotâtes /pja.nɔ.tat/	pianotèrent /pja.nɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	pianoterai /pja.nɔ.tʁe/	pianoteras /pja.nɔ.tʁa/	pianotera /pja.nɔ.tʁa/	pianoterons /pja.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/	pianoterez /pja.nɔ.tʁe/	pianoteront /pja.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pianoterais /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/	pianoterais /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/	pianoterait /pja.nɔ.tʁɛ/	pianoterions /pja.nɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	pianoteriez /pja.nɔ.tə.ʁje/	pianoteraient /pja.nɔ.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	pianote /pja.nɔt/	pianotes /pja.nɔt/	pianote /pja.nɔt/	pianotions /pja.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	pianotiez /pja.nɔ.tje/	pianotent /pja.nɔt/
	imperfect2	pianotasse /pja.nɔ.tas/	pianotasses /pja.nɔ.tas/	pianotât /pja.nɔ.ta/	pianotassions /pja.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	pianotassiez /pja.nɔ.ta.sje/	pianotassent /pja.nɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pianote /pja.nɔt/	—	pianotons /pja.nɔ.tɔ̃/	pianotez /pja.nɔ.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

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

Anagrams

• paieront, pointera