Definify.com
Definition 2025
capoter
capoter
French
Verb
capoter
- (intransitive, Quebec) to overturn
- (intransitive, Quebec) to founder
- (intransitive, Quebec) to derail
Conjugation
Conjugation of capoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | capoter | avoir capoté | |||||
| gerund | en capotant | en ayant capoté | |||||
| present participle | capotant /ka.pɔ.tɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | capoté /ka.pɔ.te/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | capote /ka.pɔt/ |
capotes /ka.pɔt/ |
capote /ka.pɔt/ |
capotons /ka.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
capotez /ka.pɔ.te/ |
capotent /ka.pɔt/ |
| imperfect | capotais /ka.pɔ.tɛ/ |
capotais /ka.pɔ.tɛ/ |
capotait /ka.pɔ.tɛ/ |
capotions /ka.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
capotiez /ka.pɔ.tje/ |
capotaient /ka.pɔ.tɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | capotai /ka.pɔ.te/ |
capotas /ka.pɔ.ta/ |
capota /ka.pɔ.ta/ |
capotâmes /ka.pɔ.tam/ |
capotâtes /ka.pɔ.tat/ |
capotèrent /ka.pɔ.tɛʁ/ |
|
| future | capoterai /ka.pɔ.tʁe/ |
capoteras /ka.pɔ.tʁa/ |
capotera /ka.pɔ.tʁa/ |
capoterons /ka.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
capoterez /ka.pɔ.tʁe/ |
capoteront /ka.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | capoterais /ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
capoterais /ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
capoterait /ka.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
capoterions /ka.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
capoteriez /ka.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
capoteraient /ka.pɔ.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 | capote /ka.pɔt/ |
capotes /ka.pɔt/ |
capote /ka.pɔt/ |
capotions /ka.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
capotiez /ka.pɔ.tje/ |
capotent /ka.pɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
capotasse /ka.pɔ.tas/ |
capotasses /ka.pɔ.tas/ |
capotât /ka.pɔ.ta/ |
capotassions /ka.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
capotassiez /ka.pɔ.ta.sje/ |
capotassent /ka.pɔ.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 | – | |
| — | capote /ka.pɔt/ |
— | capotons /ka.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
capotez /ka.pɔ.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||