chicotter
French, verb/ʃi.kɔ.te/
chicotter is spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-T-E-R (9 letters). Chicotter is a French verb meaning “To whip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Frapper avec une chicotte, fouetter”.
What does chicotter mean in English?
verb
- 1
To whip.
- 2
To beat.
- 3
To chastise.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Frapper avec une chicotte, fouetter. 2. Perturber, intriguer. 3. Dépiauter, écorcher vif.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chicotter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- chicottant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- chicotté participle past
- chicotte first-person indicative present
- chicottes indicative present second-person
- chicottons first-person indicative plural
- chicottez indicative plural present
- chicottent indicative plural present
- chicottais first-person imperfect indicative
- chicottait imperfect indicative singular
- chicottions first-person imperfect indicative
- chicottiez imperfect indicative plural
- chicottaient imperfect indicative plural
- chicottai first-person historic indicative
- chicottas historic indicative past
- chicotta historic indicative past
- chicottâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chicotter?
- /ʃi.kɔ.te/
- \ʃi.kɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.