escamoter
French
Etymology
Probably from an old form of Occitan escamotar, from escamar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/
Verb
escamoter
- to conjure away, make disappear
- to skirt round, evade, dodge; to skip (word)
- (colloquial) to pinch, nick
- to retract (landing gear)
Conjugation
Conjugation of escamoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | escamoter | avoir escamoté | |||||
| gerund | en escamotant | en ayant escamoté | |||||
| present participle | escamotant /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | escamoté /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | escamote /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamotes /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamote /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamotons /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɔ̃/ |
escamotez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/ |
escamotent /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
| imperfect | escamotais /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɛ/ |
escamotais /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɛ/ |
escamotait /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɛ/ |
escamotions /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
escamotiez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tje/ |
escamotaient /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | escamotai /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/ |
escamotas /ɛs.ka.mɔ.ta/ |
escamota /ɛs.ka.mɔ.ta/ |
escamotâmes /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tam/ |
escamotâtes /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tat/ |
escamotèrent /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | escamoterai /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁe/ |
escamoteras /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁa/ |
escamotera /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁa/ |
escamoterons /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
escamoterez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁe/ |
escamoteront /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | escamoterais /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɛ/ |
escamoterais /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɛ/ |
escamoterait /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɛ/ |
escamoterions /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
escamoteriez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
escamoteraient /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | escamote /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamotes /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamote /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
escamotions /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
escamotiez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tje/ |
escamotent /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
| imperfect1 | escamotasse /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tas/ |
escamotasses /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tas/ |
escamotât /ɛs.ka.mɔ.ta/ |
escamotassions /ɛs.ka.mɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
escamotassiez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.ta.sje/ |
escamotassent /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | escamote /ɛs.ka.mɔt/ |
— | escamotons /ɛs.ka.mɔ.tɔ̃/ |
escamotez /ɛs.ka.mɔ.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “escamoter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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