chuchoter

French

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
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Verb

chuchoter

  1. to whisper
  2. to gossip
    Je ne parle jamais avec elle car elle chuchote toujours à quiconque l’écoute sur tout le monde.
    I never speak with her because she's always whispering about everyone to anyone who will listen.
  3. (of leaves) to rustle

Conjugation
Conjugation of chuchoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chuchoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chuchotant
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chuchoté
/ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chuchote
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchotes
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchote
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchotons
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/		 chuchotez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.te/		 chuchotent
/ʃy.ʃɔt/
imperfect chuchotais
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 chuchotais
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 chuchotait
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 chuchotions
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/		 chuchotiez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/		 chuchotaient
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 chuchotai
/ʃy.ʃɔ.te/		 chuchotas
/ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/		 chuchota
/ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/		 chuchotâmes
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tam/		 chuchotâtes
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tat/		 chuchotèrent
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/
future chuchoterai
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/		 chuchoteras
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/		 chuchotera
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁa/		 chuchoterons
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 chuchoterez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁe/		 chuchoteront
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional chuchoterais
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 chuchoterais
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 chuchoterait
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 chuchoterions
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chuchoteriez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/		 chuchoteraient
/ʃy.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 chuchote
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchotes
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchote
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 chuchotions
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/		 chuchotiez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tje/		 chuchotent
/ʃy.ʃɔt/
imperfect2 chuchotasse
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/		 chuchotasses
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/		 chuchotât
/ʃy.ʃɔ.ta/		 chuchotassions
/ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 chuchotassiez
/ʃy.ʃɔ.ta.sje/		 chuchotassent
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chuchote
/ʃy.ʃɔt/		 — chuchotons
/ʃy.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/		 chuchotez
/ʃy.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: șușoti

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Etymology

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Verb

chuchoter

  1. (Jersey) to whisper

Derived terms
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