chatouiller

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French catellier (“to excite, cause tremors”), from Medieval Latin catilāre (“tickle”, verb), from Frankish *kitilōn (“to tickle”), from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative of *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Old High German kizzilōn (“to tickle”), Old English citelian (“to tickle”), Old Norse kitla (“to tickle”), Middle Dutch katelen (“to tickle”), Dutch kittelen (“to tickle”). More at kittle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.tu.je/ === Verb === chatouiller to tickle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== chatouille chatouillement chatouilleur chatouilleux chatouillis === Further reading === “chatouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012