gargoter
French, verb/ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/
gargoter is spelled G-A-R-G-O-T-E-R (8 letters). Gargoter is a French verb meaning “synonym of glouglouter (“to gurgle”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bouillonner en faisant un bruit de gosier”.
What does gargoter mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of glouglouter (“to gurgle”)
- 2
colloquialto cook badly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bouillonner en faisant un bruit de gosier. 2. Faire de la mauvaise cuisine. 3. Faire quelque chose négligemment, sans soin. 4. Boire et manger malproprement.
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 gargoter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gargotant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gargoté participle past
- gargote first-person indicative present
- gargotes indicative present second-person
- gargotons first-person indicative plural
- gargotez indicative plural present
- gargotent indicative plural present
- gargotais first-person imperfect indicative
- gargotait imperfect indicative singular
- gargotions first-person imperfect indicative
- gargotiez imperfect indicative plural
- gargotaient imperfect indicative plural
- gargotai first-person historic indicative
- gargotas historic indicative past
- gargota historic indicative past
- gargotâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gargoter?
- /ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te/
- \ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.