glousser

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French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin clociare, from Latin glocire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡlu.se/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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glousser

  1. to cluck (make the noise of a chicken)
  2. to gobble (make the noise of a turkey)
  3. to chortle, to giggle
    • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 86:
      Et, à un moment, tu comprends pourquoi ils gloussent tous : il y a des traces de rouge à lèvres sur la braguette de ton jean blanc.
      And at some point, you realize why they are all giggling: there are traces of lipstick on the flies of your white jeans.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of glousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple glousser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gloussant
/ɡlu.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gloussé
/ɡlu.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present glousse
/ɡlus/ 		glousses
/ɡlus/ 		glousse
/ɡlus/ 		gloussons
/ɡlu.sɔ̃/ 		gloussez
/ɡlu.se/ 		gloussent
/ɡlus/
imperfect gloussais
/ɡlu.sɛ/ 		gloussais
/ɡlu.sɛ/ 		gloussait
/ɡlu.sɛ/ 		gloussions
/ɡlu.sjɔ̃/ 		gloussiez
/ɡlu.sje/ 		gloussaient
/ɡlu.sɛ/
past historic2 gloussai
/ɡlu.se/ 		gloussas
/ɡlu.sa/ 		gloussa
/ɡlu.sa/ 		gloussâmes
/ɡlu.sam/ 		gloussâtes
/ɡlu.sat/ 		gloussèrent
/ɡlu.sɛʁ/
future glousserai
/ɡlu.sʁe/ 		glousseras
/ɡlu.sʁa/ 		gloussera
/ɡlu.sʁa/ 		glousserons
/ɡlu.sʁɔ̃/ 		glousserez
/ɡlu.sʁe/ 		glousseront
/ɡlu.sʁɔ̃/
conditional glousserais
/ɡlu.sʁɛ/ 		glousserais
/ɡlu.sʁɛ/ 		glousserait
/ɡlu.sʁɛ/ 		glousserions
/ɡlu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		glousseriez
/ɡlu.sə.ʁje/ 		glousseraient
/ɡlu.sʁɛ/
(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 glousse
/ɡlus/ 		glousses
/ɡlus/ 		glousse
/ɡlus/ 		gloussions
/ɡlu.sjɔ̃/ 		gloussiez
/ɡlu.sje/ 		gloussent
/ɡlus/
imperfect2 gloussasse
/ɡlu.sas/ 		gloussasses
/ɡlu.sas/ 		gloussât
/ɡlu.sa/ 		gloussassions
/ɡlu.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		gloussassiez
/ɡlu.sa.sje/ 		gloussassent
/ɡlu.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — glousse
/ɡlus/ 		— gloussons
/ɡlu.sɔ̃/ 		gloussez
/ɡlu.se/ 		—
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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