baster
See also: Baster
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Turkey_baster_in_use.jpg.webp)
A baster being used to drip juices on a turkey.
Etymology
baste + -er.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪstɚ/
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪstə/
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- Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)
Noun
baster (plural basters)
- One who bastes.
- A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
- Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.
- 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots
Translations
one who bastes
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tool for basting
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Anagrams
- Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Middle French
Verb
baster
- to put a packsaddle on
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of baster
infinitive | simple | baster | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | bastant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | basté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | baste | bastes | baste | bastons | bastez | bastent |
imperfect | bastois, bastoys | bastois, bastoys | bastoit, bastoyt | bastions, bastyons | bastiez, bastyez | bastoient, bastoyent | |
past historic | basta | bastas | basta | bastasmes | bastastes | basterent | |
future | basterai, basteray | basteras | bastera | basterons | basterez | basteront | |
conditional | basterois, basteroys | basterois, basteroys | basteroit, basteroyt | basterions, basteryons | basteriez, basteryez | basteroient, basteroyent | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | baste | bastes | baste | bastons | bastez | bastent |
imperfect | bastasse | bastasses | bastast | bastassions | bastassiez | bastassent | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | baste | — | bastons | bastez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
- French: bâter
References
- “bâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.