papoter

== French == === Etymology === From Old French papier (“to murmur”) (from the onomatopoeic root "papp-", occurring in Latin pappare (“to eat”), having to do with movement of the lips) + -oter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.pɔ.te/ === Verb === papoter (intransitive) (colloquial) to chat, chatter [from 1737] Synonyms: bavarder, tailler le bout de gras des heures passées à papoter ― hours spent chattering (obsolete) to nibble [in 1611] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “papoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012