babiller – French verb conjugation

French verb forms of babiller

Nominal Forms

Infinitif: babiller
Participe présent: babillant /ba.bi.jɑ̃/
Participe passé babillé /ba.bi.je/

Cognates

-

Indicatif

Présent

jebabille /ba.bij/
tubabilles /ba.bij/
il;elle;onbabille /ba.bij/
nousbabillons /ba.bi.jɔ̃/
vousbabillez /ba.bi.je/
ils;ellesbabillent /ba.bij/

Passé composé

j'ai babillé
tuas babillé
il;elle;ona babillé
nousavons babillé
vousavez babillé
ils;ellesont babillé

Imparfait

jebabillais /ba.bi.jɛ/
tubabillais /ba.bi.jɛ/
il;elle;onbabillait /ba.bi.jɛ/
nousbabillions /ba.bij.jɔ̃/
vousbabilliez /ba.bij.je/
ils;ellesbabillaient /ba.bi.jɛ/

Plus-que-parfait

j'avais babillé
tuavais babillé
il;elle;onavait babillé
nousavions babillé
vousaviez babillé
ils;ellesavaient babillé

Futur simple

jebabillerai /ba.bij.ʁe/
tubabilleras /ba.bij.ʁa/
il;elle;onbabillera /ba.bij.ʁa/
nousbabillerons /ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/
vousbabillerez /ba.bij.ʁe/
ils;ellesbabilleront /ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/

Futur antérieur

j'aurai babillé
tuauras babillé
il;elle;onaura babillé
nousaurons babillé
vousaurez babillé
ils;ellesauront babillé

Passé simple

jebabillai /ba.bi.je/
tubabillas /ba.bi.ja/
il;elle;onbabilla /ba.bi.ja/
nousbabillâmes /ba.bi.jam/
vousbabillâtes /ba.bi.jat/
ils;ellesbabillèrent /ba.bi.jɛʁ/

Passé antérieur

j'eus babillé
tueus babillé
il;elle;oneut babillé
nouseûmes babillé
vouseûtes babillé
ils;elleseurent babillé

Subjonctif

Présent

jebabille /ba.bij/
tubabilles /ba.bij/
il;elle;onbabille /ba.bij/
nousbabillions /ba.bij.jɔ̃/
vousbabilliez /ba.bij.je/
ils;ellesbabillent /ba.bij/

Passé composé

j'aie babillé
tuaies babillé
il;elle;onait babillé
nousayons babillé
vousayez babillé
ils;ellesaient babillé

Imparfait

jebabillasse /ba.bi.jas/
tubabillasses /ba.bi.jas/
il;elle;onbabillât /ba.bi.ja/
nousbabillassions /ba.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/
vousbabillassiez /ba.bi.ja.sje/
ils;ellesbabillassent /ba.bi.jas/

Plus-que-parfait

j'eusse babillé
tueusses babillé
il;elle;oneût babillé
nouseussions babillé
vouseussiez babillé
ils;elleseussent babillé

Conditionnel

Présent

jebabillerais /ba.bij.ʁɛ/
tubabillerais /ba.bij.ʁɛ/
il;elle;onbabillerait /ba.bij.ʁɛ/
nousbabillerions /ba.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/
vousbabilleriez /ba.bi.jə.ʁje/
ils;ellesbabilleraient /ba.bij.ʁɛ/

Passé

j'aurais babillé
tuaurais babillé
il;elle;onaurait babillé
nousaurions babillé
vousauriez babillé
ils;ellesauraient babillé

Imperatif

tubabille /ba.bij/
nousbabillons /ba.bi.jɔ̃/
vousbabillez /ba.bi.je/

Verbs conjugated like 'babiller'

abaisser, abandonner, abdiquer, abecquer, aberrer, abhorrer, abjurer, ablater, abloquer, abluer, ablutionner, abominer, abonder, abonner, aborder, aborner, aboucher, abouler, abouter, abraser, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Translations

  • babble, to make a continuous murmuring noise
  • gab, to talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects
  • piffle, to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner

    • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Synonyms

    bavarder
    causer, parler, jaser, confabuler, papoter, discourir, jacasser, cancaner, déblatérer

    Etymology

    1. Inherited from Middle French babiller, from Old French babillier (“to stutter”), from a root *bab- (compare also Middle French baboyer (“to mumble”)), probably of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch *babōn, *babelōn (“to mumble, chatter, babble”), from Proto-West Germanic *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”).
    2. Cognate with Dutch babben (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble”), German pappeln (“to stammer, babble”), Icelandic babba and babla (“to babble”). More at babble. See: Old French 'babillier', Old Dutch '*babon', Proto-Germanic '*babalōną', Dutch 'babben', Dutch 'babbelen', German, old spelling 'pappeln', Icelandic 'babba'.

    Verbs referencing "babiller"

    Esperanto babili, Ido babilar.

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