mijoter
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French musgode (“provision of food”), which has the variant Old French murjoe, from Low-Frankish musgauda, composed by "muos" (food) and "gaude" (< gelde, tropue) or "geld/gold" with reference to the yellow colour.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mijoter
- (intransitive) to simmer
- Synonym: bouillotter
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mijoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mijoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mijotant /mi.ʒɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mijoté /mi.ʒɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mijote /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijotes /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijote /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijotons /mi.ʒɔ.tɔ̃/ |
mijotez /mi.ʒɔ.te/ |
mijotent /mi.ʒɔt/ |
| imperfect | mijotais /mi.ʒɔ.tɛ/ |
mijotais /mi.ʒɔ.tɛ/ |
mijotait /mi.ʒɔ.tɛ/ |
mijotions /mi.ʒɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
mijotiez /mi.ʒɔ.tje/ |
mijotaient /mi.ʒɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mijotai /mi.ʒɔ.te/ |
mijotas /mi.ʒɔ.ta/ |
mijota /mi.ʒɔ.ta/ |
mijotâmes /mi.ʒɔ.tam/ |
mijotâtes /mi.ʒɔ.tat/ |
mijotèrent /mi.ʒɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | mijoterai /mi.ʒɔ.tʁe/ |
mijoteras /mi.ʒɔ.tʁa/ |
mijotera /mi.ʒɔ.tʁa/ |
mijoterons /mi.ʒɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
mijoterez /mi.ʒɔ.tʁe/ |
mijoteront /mi.ʒɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mijoterais /mi.ʒɔ.tʁɛ/ |
mijoterais /mi.ʒɔ.tʁɛ/ |
mijoterait /mi.ʒɔ.tʁɛ/ |
mijoterions /mi.ʒɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mijoteriez /mi.ʒɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
mijoteraient /mi.ʒɔ.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 | mijote /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijotes /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijote /mi.ʒɔt/ |
mijotions /mi.ʒɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
mijotiez /mi.ʒɔ.tje/ |
mijotent /mi.ʒɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | mijotasse /mi.ʒɔ.tas/ |
mijotasses /mi.ʒɔ.tas/ |
mijotât /mi.ʒɔ.ta/ |
mijotassions /mi.ʒɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
mijotassiez /mi.ʒɔ.ta.sje/ |
mijotassent /mi.ʒɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mijote /mi.ʒɔt/ |
— | mijotons /mi.ʒɔ.tɔ̃/ |
mijotez /mi.ʒɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “mijoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.