basculer
French
Etymology
From Old French baculer, from bas + cul + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas.ky.le/
Audio (file)
Verb
basculer
- (intransitive) to topple, to tip over
- (intransitive) to sway from side to side
- (intransitive, figuratively, of a life or situation) to fall apart, to turn upsidedown
- (transitive) to transfer (e.g. a call)
- (transitive) to tip over, to tip up
- (computing, transitive with sur) to fail over
Conjugation
Conjugation of basculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | basculer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | basculant /bas.ky.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | basculé /bas.ky.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bascule /bas.kyl/ | bascules /bas.kyl/ | bascule /bas.kyl/ | basculons /bas.ky.lɔ̃/ | basculez /bas.ky.le/ | basculent /bas.kyl/ |
| imperfect | basculais /bas.ky.lɛ/ | basculais /bas.ky.lɛ/ | basculait /bas.ky.lɛ/ | basculions /bas.ky.ljɔ̃/ | basculiez /bas.ky.lje/ | basculaient /bas.ky.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | basculai /bas.ky.le/ | basculas /bas.ky.la/ | bascula /bas.ky.la/ | basculâmes /bas.ky.lam/ | basculâtes /bas.ky.lat/ | basculèrent /bas.ky.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | basculerai /bas.kyl.ʁe/ | basculeras /bas.kyl.ʁa/ | basculera /bas.kyl.ʁa/ | basculerons /bas.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | basculerez /bas.kyl.ʁe/ | basculeront /bas.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | basculerais /bas.kyl.ʁɛ/ | basculerais /bas.kyl.ʁɛ/ | basculerait /bas.kyl.ʁɛ/ | basculerions /bas.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | basculeriez /bas.ky.lə.ʁje/ | basculeraient /bas.kyl.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 | bascule /bas.kyl/ | bascules /bas.kyl/ | bascule /bas.kyl/ | basculions /bas.ky.ljɔ̃/ | basculiez /bas.ky.lje/ | basculent /bas.kyl/ |
| imperfect2 | basculasse /bas.ky.las/ | basculasses /bas.ky.las/ | basculât /bas.ky.la/ | basculassions /bas.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ | basculassiez /bas.ky.la.sje/ | basculassent /bas.ky.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bascule /bas.kyl/ | — | basculons /bas.ky.lɔ̃/ | basculez /bas.ky.le/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- basculable
- basculage
- bascule
- basculement
Further reading
- “basculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- curables