surcoter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.kɔ.te/
Verb
surcoter
- to overrate (to esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due)
- Antonym: sous-coter
Conjugation
Conjugation of surcoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | surcoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | surcotant /syʁ.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | surcoté /syʁ.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | surcote /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcotes /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcote /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcotons /syʁ.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
surcotez /syʁ.kɔ.te/ |
surcotent /syʁ.kɔt/ |
| imperfect | surcotais /syʁ.kɔ.tɛ/ |
surcotais /syʁ.kɔ.tɛ/ |
surcotait /syʁ.kɔ.tɛ/ |
surcotions /syʁ.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
surcotiez /syʁ.kɔ.tje/ |
surcotaient /syʁ.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | surcotai /syʁ.kɔ.te/ |
surcotas /syʁ.kɔ.ta/ |
surcota /syʁ.kɔ.ta/ |
surcotâmes /syʁ.kɔ.tam/ |
surcotâtes /syʁ.kɔ.tat/ |
surcotèrent /syʁ.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | surcoterai /syʁ.kɔ.tʁe/ |
surcoteras /syʁ.kɔ.tʁa/ |
surcotera /syʁ.kɔ.tʁa/ |
surcoterons /syʁ.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
surcoterez /syʁ.kɔ.tʁe/ |
surcoteront /syʁ.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | surcoterais /syʁ.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
surcoterais /syʁ.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
surcoterait /syʁ.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
surcoterions /syʁ.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surcoteriez /syʁ.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
surcoteraient /syʁ.kɔ.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 | surcote /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcotes /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcote /syʁ.kɔt/ |
surcotions /syʁ.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
surcotiez /syʁ.kɔ.tje/ |
surcotent /syʁ.kɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | surcotasse /syʁ.kɔ.tas/ |
surcotasses /syʁ.kɔ.tas/ |
surcotât /syʁ.kɔ.ta/ |
surcotassions /syʁ.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
surcotassiez /syʁ.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
surcotassent /syʁ.kɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | surcote /syʁ.kɔt/ |
— | surcotons /syʁ.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
surcotez /syʁ.kɔ.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
- “surcoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012