bringuebaler
French
Alternative forms
- brimbaler, brinquebaler
Etymology
A combination of Latin ballare and a family of Middle French words beginning in *brimb-, esp. brimber (“to beg”), which give the sense of "wandering to and fro". Likely influenced by Middle French trinqueballer (“to chime a bell”), itself from Middle French triballer (“to wander”) (modern French trimbaler).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.le/
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Verb
bringuebaler
- (transitive, of bells) to sound, ring, chime, ding
- (intransitive, of bells) to ring, sound, chime
- (transitive) to rattle
- (intransitive) to rattle
- (intransitive) to rattle along, rattle about (move, making a rattling or jolting sound)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bringuebaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bringuebaler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bringuebalant /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bringuebalé /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bringuebale /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebales /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebale /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebalons /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɔ̃/ | bringuebalez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.le/ | bringuebalent /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ |
| imperfect | bringuebalais /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɛ/ | bringuebalais /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɛ/ | bringuebalait /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɛ/ | bringuebalions /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.ljɔ̃/ | bringuebaliez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lje/ | bringuebalaient /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bringuebalai /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.le/ | bringuebalas /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.la/ | bringuebala /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.la/ | bringuebalâmes /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lam/ | bringuebalâtes /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lat/ | bringuebalèrent /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | bringuebalerai /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁe/ | bringuebaleras /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁa/ | bringuebalera /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁa/ | bringuebalerons /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁɔ̃/ | bringuebalerez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁe/ | bringuebaleront /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bringuebalerais /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁɛ/ | bringuebalerais /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁɛ/ | bringuebalerait /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.ʁɛ/ | bringuebalerions /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bringuebaleriez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lə.ʁje/ | bringuebaleraient /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal.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 | bringuebale /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebales /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebale /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | bringuebalions /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.ljɔ̃/ | bringuebaliez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lje/ | bringuebalent /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ |
| imperfect2 | bringuebalasse /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.las/ | bringuebalasses /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.las/ | bringuebalât /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.la/ | bringuebalassions /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.la.sjɔ̃/ | bringuebalassiez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.la.sje/ | bringuebalassent /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bringuebale /bʁɛ̃ɡ.bal/ | — | bringuebalons /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.lɔ̃/ | bringuebalez /bʁɛ̃ɡ.ba.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bringuebaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.