-oter

== French == === Alternative forms === -otter === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French -oter, from Old French -oter, from -ot + -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.te/ === Suffix === -oter (verb-forming suffix) (colloquial) forms verbs from other verbs or sometimes nouns, with a diminutive or frequentative sense ‎baiser (“to kiss”) + ‎-oter → ‎baisoter (“to smother with kisses, to kiss to death”) ‎cracher (“to spit”) + ‎-oter → ‎crachoter (“to spittle”) ‎tourniquer (“to wind”) + ‎-oter → ‎tournicoter (“to flit around”) ‎bouillir (“to boil”) + ‎-otter → ‎bouillotter (“to simmer”) ‎manger (“to eat”) + ‎-otter → ‎mangeotter (“to eat with little appetite, to peck at one's food”) ‎numéro (“number”) + ‎-oter → ‎numéroter (“to number”) ‎chèvre (“goat”) + ‎-oter → ‎chevroter (“to quaver (of the voice); to bleat”) ‎papill(on) (“butterfly”) + ‎-oter → ‎papilloter (“to flutter; to flicker; to blink”) ==== Derived terms ====