bibeloter
French
Etymology
bibelot + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
bibeloter
- to make/sell/buy/collect knickknacks
Conjugation
Conjugation of bibeloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bibeloter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bibelotant /bi.blɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bibeloté /bi.blɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bibelote /bi.blɔt/ | bibelotes /bi.blɔt/ | bibelote /bi.blɔt/ | bibelotons /bi.blɔ.tɔ̃/ | bibelotez /bi.blɔ.te/ | bibelotent /bi.blɔt/ |
imperfect | bibelotais /bi.blɔ.tɛ/ | bibelotais /bi.blɔ.tɛ/ | bibelotait /bi.blɔ.tɛ/ | bibelotions /bi.blɔ.tjɔ̃/ | bibelotiez /bi.blɔ.tje/ | bibelotaient /bi.blɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bibelotai /bi.blɔ.te/ | bibelotas /bi.blɔ.ta/ | bibelota /bi.blɔ.ta/ | bibelotâmes /bi.blɔ.tam/ | bibelotâtes /bi.blɔ.tat/ | bibelotèrent /bi.blɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | bibeloterai /bi.blɔ.tʁe/ | bibeloteras /bi.blɔ.tʁa/ | bibelotera /bi.blɔ.tʁa/ | bibeloterons /bi.blɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | bibeloterez /bi.blɔ.tʁe/ | bibeloteront /bi.blɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bibeloterais /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/ | bibeloterais /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/ | bibeloterait /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/ | bibeloterions /bi.blɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bibeloteriez /bi.blɔ.tə.ʁje/ | bibeloteraient /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | bibelote /bi.blɔt/ | bibelotes /bi.blɔt/ | bibelote /bi.blɔt/ | bibelotions /bi.blɔ.tjɔ̃/ | bibelotiez /bi.blɔ.tje/ | bibelotent /bi.blɔt/ |
imperfect2 | bibelotasse /bi.blɔ.tas/ | bibelotasses /bi.blɔ.tas/ | bibelotât /bi.blɔ.ta/ | bibelotassions /bi.blɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | bibelotassiez /bi.blɔ.ta.sje/ | bibelotassent /bi.blɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bibelote /bi.blɔt/ | — | bibelotons /bi.blɔ.tɔ̃/ | bibelotez /bi.blɔ.te/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- bibelotage
Further reading
- “bibeloter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.