gigoter

French

Etymology

From giguer +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/

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Verb

gigoter

1. (transitive, intransitive) to wriggle (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gigoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gigoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gigotant /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gigoté /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigotes /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigotons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	gigotez /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/	gigotent /ʒi.ɡɔt/
	imperfect	gigotais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/	gigotais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/	gigotait /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/	gigotions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	gigotiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/	gigotaient /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	gigotai /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/	gigotas /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/	gigota /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/	gigotâmes /ʒi.ɡɔ.tam/	gigotâtes /ʒi.ɡɔ.tat/	gigotèrent /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	gigoterai /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/	gigoteras /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/	gigotera /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁa/	gigoterons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/	gigoterez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁe/	gigoteront /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gigoterais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	gigoterais /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	gigoterait /ʒi.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/	gigoterions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	gigoteriez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/	gigoteraient /ʒi.ɡɔ.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	gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigotes /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/	gigotions /ʒi.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/	gigotiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.tje/	gigotent /ʒi.ɡɔt/
	imperfect2	gigotasse /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/	gigotasses /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/	gigotât /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta/	gigotassions /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	gigotassiez /ʒi.ɡɔ.ta.sje/	gigotassent /ʒi.ɡɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gigote /ʒi.ɡɔt/	—	gigotons /ʒi.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/	gigotez /ʒi.ɡɔ.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

• gigoteur

Further reading

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