bachoter

French

Etymology

From bachot +‎ -er.

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

bachoter

  1. (colloquial) to cram (revise hard for an exam, especially for a baccalauréat exam)

Conjugation
Conjugation of bachoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bachoter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bachotant
/ba.ʃɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bachoté
/ba.ʃɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachotes
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachotons
/ba.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/		 bachotez
/ba.ʃɔ.te/		 bachotent
/ba.ʃɔt/
imperfect bachotais
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 bachotais
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 bachotait
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/		 bachotions
/ba.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/		 bachotiez
/ba.ʃɔ.tje/		 bachotaient
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 bachotai
/ba.ʃɔ.te/		 bachotas
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/		 bachota
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/		 bachotâmes
/ba.ʃɔ.tam/		 bachotâtes
/ba.ʃɔ.tat/		 bachotèrent
/ba.ʃɔ.tɛʁ/
future bachoterai
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁe/		 bachoteras
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁa/		 bachotera
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁa/		 bachoterons
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 bachoterez
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁe/		 bachoteront
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional bachoterais
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 bachoterais
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 bachoterait
/ba.ʃɔ.tʁɛ/		 bachoterions
/ba.ʃɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bachoteriez
/ba.ʃɔ.tə.ʁje/		 bachoteraient
/ba.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 bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachotes
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/		 bachotions
/ba.ʃɔ.tjɔ̃/		 bachotiez
/ba.ʃɔ.tje/		 bachotent
/ba.ʃɔt/
imperfect2 bachotasse
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/		 bachotasses
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/		 bachotât
/ba.ʃɔ.ta/		 bachotassions
/ba.ʃɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 bachotassiez
/ba.ʃɔ.ta.sje/		 bachotassent
/ba.ʃɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bachote
/ba.ʃɔt/		 — bachotons
/ba.ʃɔ.tɔ̃/		 bachotez
/ba.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).

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