secouent

Secouent is a French verb form, specifically the third-person plural present indicative of the verb secouer, which means to shake, shake off, or jolt. The base verb secouer is transitive and can describe physical actions as well as figurative effects.

In the present tense, all six person forms of secouer are: je secoue, tu secoues, il secoue, nous secouons, vous secouez, ils secouent. The form secouent appears when the subject is they. The related forms include the present participle secouant and the past participle secoué, used to construct compound tenses such as j’ai secoué or ils ont secoué.

Secouer is used in literal contexts, for example to describe moving objects by shaking: ils secouent les rideaux pour faire entrer l’air, or ils secouent la poussière des tapis. It is also used figuratively to indicate prompting action, disruption, or change: les révélations secouent l’opinion publique, or une réforme qui secoue le système en place.

As a common verb in French, secouer appears in everyday conversation and in written prose, with secouent functioning as a routine present-tense form for plural subjects. The term is typically learned as part of standard verb conjugation patterns, alongside related forms comme secoue, secouons, et secouent. See also: secouer, secoué, secouant.