bayer
See also: bâyer and Bayer
English
Adjective
bayer
- comparative form of bay: more bay
Anagrams
- Bayer, Beary, Earby, Yebra, barye, beary, beray, by ear, yerba
French
Alternative forms
- bâyer (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle French beer, from Old French beer, from Medieval Latin badō (“I gape, open wide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.je/, /bɛ.je/, /be.je/
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Verb
bayer
- (archaic) to have one's mouth wide open, to gape
- Synonym: béer
- bayer aux corneilles
- to be dumbstruck
- (literally, “to gape at crows”)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of bayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bayer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bayant /bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bayé /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ | bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ | bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect | bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ | bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ | bayait /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ | bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ | bayiez /bɛj.je/ | bayaient /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bayai /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ | bayas /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ | baya /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ | bayâmes /bɛ.jam/ or /be.jam/ | bayâtes /bɛ.jat/ or /be.jat/ | bayèrent /bɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | bayerai or baierai /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ʁe/ | bayeras or baieras /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ʁa/ | bayera or baiera /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ʁa/ | bayerons or baierons /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ʁɔ̃/ | bayerez or baierez /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ʁe/ | bayeront or baieront /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/ | bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/ | bayerait or baierait /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/ | bayerions or baierions /bɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ʁjɔ̃/ | bayeriez or baieriez /bɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.jə.ʁje/ or /bɛ.ʁje/ or /be.ʁje/ | bayeraient or baieraient /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.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 | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ | bayiez /bɛj.je/ | bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | bayasse /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ | bayasses /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ | bayât /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ | bayassions /bɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ja.sjɔ̃/ | bayassiez /bɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ja.sje/ | bayassent /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ | — | bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ | bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- béer
Further reading
- “bayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- barye