babiller

French

Etymology

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”).

Cognate with Dutch babben (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble”), German pappeln (“to stammer, babble”), Icelandic babba and babla (“to babble”). More at babble.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.bi.je/
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Verb

babiller

  1. to chat; to babble; to natter (to talk about insignificant things)
    Synonyms: bavarder, jaser, jacasser

Conjugation
Conjugation of babiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple babiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple babillant
/ba.bi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle babillé
/ba.bi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present babille
/ba.bij/		 babilles
/ba.bij/		 babille
/ba.bij/		 babillons
/ba.bi.jɔ̃/		 babillez
/ba.bi.je/		 babillent
/ba.bij/
imperfect babillais
/ba.bi.jɛ/		 babillais
/ba.bi.jɛ/		 babillait
/ba.bi.jɛ/		 babillions
/ba.bij.jɔ̃/		 babilliez
/ba.bij.je/		 babillaient
/ba.bi.jɛ/
past historic2 babillai
/ba.bi.je/		 babillas
/ba.bi.ja/		 babilla
/ba.bi.ja/		 babillâmes
/ba.bi.jam/		 babillâtes
/ba.bi.jat/		 babillèrent
/ba.bi.jɛʁ/
future babillerai
/ba.bij.ʁe/		 babilleras
/ba.bij.ʁa/		 babillera
/ba.bij.ʁa/		 babillerons
/ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/		 babillerez
/ba.bij.ʁe/		 babilleront
/ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional babillerais
/ba.bij.ʁɛ/		 babillerais
/ba.bij.ʁɛ/		 babillerait
/ba.bij.ʁɛ/		 babillerions
/ba.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 babilleriez
/ba.bi.jə.ʁje/		 babilleraient
/ba.bij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present babille
/ba.bij/		 babilles
/ba.bij/		 babille
/ba.bij/		 babillions
/ba.bij.jɔ̃/		 babilliez
/ba.bij.je/		 babillent
/ba.bij/
imperfect2 babillasse
/ba.bi.jas/		 babillasses
/ba.bi.jas/		 babillât
/ba.bi.ja/		 babillassions
/ba.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/		 babillassiez
/ba.bi.ja.sje/		 babillassent
/ba.bi.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — babille
/ba.bij/		 — babillons
/ba.bi.jɔ̃/		 babillez
/ba.bi.je/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

babiller

  1. Alternative form of babillier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of babiller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive babiller avoir babillé
gerund en babillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle babillant
past participle babillé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present babil babilles babille babillons babillez babillent
imperfect babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babilleve babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babilleves babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babilleve babilliiens, babilliens babilliiez, babilliez babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillevent
preterite babillai babillas babilla babillames babillastes babillerent
future babillerai babilleras babillera babillerons babilleroiz, babillereiz, babillerez babilleront
conditional babilleroie, babillereie babilleroies, babillereies babilleroit, babillereit babilleriiens, babilleriens babilleriiez, babilleriez babilleroient, babillereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present babil babiz babit babillons babillez babillent
imperfect babillasse babillasses babillast babillissons, babillissiens babillissoiz, babillissez, babillissiez babillassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— babille — babillons babillez —
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