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chatoyer
chatoyer
French
Verb
chatoyer
- (intransitive) to iridesce (to reflect light in different colors depending on the direction and orientation)
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of chatoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chatoyer | avoir chatoyé | |||||
| gerund | en chatoyant | en ayant chatoyé | |||||
| present participle | chatoyant /ʃa.twa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | chatoyé /ʃa.twa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoies /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoie /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoyons /ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ |
chatoyez /ʃa.twa.je/ |
chatoient /ʃa.twa/ |
| imperfect | chatoyais /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ |
chatoyais /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ |
chatoyait /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ |
chatoyions /ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
chatoyiez /ʃa.twaj.je/ |
chatoyaient /ʃa.twa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | chatoyai /ʃa.twa.je/ |
chatoyas /ʃa.twa.ja/ |
chatoya /ʃa.twa.ja/ |
chatoyâmes /ʃa.twa.jam/ |
chatoyâtes /ʃa.twa.jat/ |
chatoyèrent /ʃa.twa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | chatoierai /ʃa.twa.ʁe/ |
chatoieras /ʃa.twa.ʁa/ |
chatoiera /ʃa.twa.ʁa/ |
chatoierons /ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
chatoierez /ʃa.twa.ʁe/ |
chatoieront /ʃa.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chatoierais /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ |
chatoierais /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ |
chatoierait /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ |
chatoierions /ʃa.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chatoieriez /ʃa.twa.ʁje/ |
chatoieraient /ʃa.twa.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoies /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoie /ʃa.twa/ |
chatoyions /ʃa.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
chatoyiez /ʃa.twaj.je/ |
chatoient /ʃa.twa/ |
| imperfect1 |
chatoyasse /ʃa.twa.jas/ |
chatoyasses /ʃa.twa.jas/ |
chatoyât /ʃa.twa.ja/ |
chatoyassions /ʃa.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
chatoyassiez /ʃa.twa.ja.sje/ |
chatoyassent /ʃa.twa.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | chatoie /ʃa.twa/ |
— | chatoyons /ʃa.twa.jɔ̃/ |
chatoyez /ʃa.twa.je/ |
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