bâtonner
French
Etymology
bâton + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
bâtonner
- to club (strike with a club)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bâtonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bâtonner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bâtonnant /ba.tɔ.nɑ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bâtonné /ba.tɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.tɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bâtonne /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonnes /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonne /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonnons /ba.tɔ.nɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ | bâtonnez /ba.tɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.tɔ.ne/ | bâtonnent /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ |
imperfect | bâtonnais /ba.tɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ | bâtonnais /ba.tɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ | bâtonnait /ba.tɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ | bâtonnions /ba.tɔ.njɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ | bâtonniez /ba.tɔ.nje/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nje/ | bâtonnaient /ba.tɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bâtonnai /ba.tɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.tɔ.ne/ | bâtonnas /ba.tɔ.na/ or /bɑ.tɔ.na/ | bâtonna /ba.tɔ.na/ or /bɑ.tɔ.na/ | bâtonnâmes /ba.tɔ.nam/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nam/ | bâtonnâtes /ba.tɔ.nat/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nat/ | bâtonnèrent /ba.tɔ.nɛʁ/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | bâtonnerai /ba.tɔn.ʁe/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁe/ | bâtonneras /ba.tɔn.ʁa/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁa/ | bâtonnera /ba.tɔn.ʁa/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁa/ | bâtonnerons /ba.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | bâtonnerez /ba.tɔn.ʁe/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁe/ | bâtonneront /ba.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bâtonnerais /ba.tɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ | bâtonnerais /ba.tɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ | bâtonnerait /ba.tɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ | bâtonnerions /ba.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bâtonneriez /ba.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ | bâtonneraient /ba.tɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.tɔn.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 | bâtonne /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonnes /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonne /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | bâtonnions /ba.tɔ.njɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ | bâtonniez /ba.tɔ.nje/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nje/ | bâtonnent /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ |
imperfect2 | bâtonnasse /ba.tɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nas/ | bâtonnasses /ba.tɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nas/ | bâtonnât /ba.tɔ.na/ or /bɑ.tɔ.na/ | bâtonnassions /ba.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | bâtonnassiez /ba.tɔ.na.sje/ or /bɑ.tɔ.na.sje/ | bâtonnassent /ba.tɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bâtonne /ba.tɔn/ or /bɑ.tɔn/ | — | bâtonnons /ba.tɔ.nɔ̃/ or /bɑ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ | bâtonnez /ba.tɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.tɔ.ne/ | — | |
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
- “bâtonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- abornent