babillier

babillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• babiller

Etymology

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-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.

Verb

babillier

1. (often pejorative) to babble; to chatter; to natter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 babillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		babillier			avoir babillié
gerund		en babillant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		babillant
past participle		babillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	babil	babilles	babille	babillons	babilliez	babillent
	imperfect	babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babillieve	babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babillieves	babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babillieve	babilliiens, babilliens	babilliiez, babilliez	babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillievent
	preterite	babillai	babillas	babilla	babillames	babillastes	babillierent
	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	babilliez	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	babilliez	—

Descendants

• French: babiller

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (babiller, supplement)