bâillonner

French

Etymology

From bâillon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.jɔ.ne/, /bɑ.jɔ.ne/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: bâillonnai, bâillonné, bâillonnée, bâillonnées, bâillonnés, bâillonnez

Verb

bâillonner

1. (a person) to gag
2. (a dog) to muzzle
3. (figuratively) to silence

Conjugation

Conjugation of bâillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bâillonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bâillonnant /ba.jɔ.nɑ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bâillonné /ba.jɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.jɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bâillonne /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonnes /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonne /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonnons /ba.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɔ̃/	bâillonnez /ba.jɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.jɔ.ne/	bâillonnent /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/
	imperfect	bâillonnais /ba.jɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɛ/	bâillonnais /ba.jɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɛ/	bâillonnait /ba.jɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɛ/	bâillonnions /ba.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.njɔ̃/	bâillonniez /ba.jɔ.nje/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nje/	bâillonnaient /ba.jɔ.nɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	bâillonnai /ba.jɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.jɔ.ne/	bâillonnas /ba.jɔ.na/ or /bɑ.jɔ.na/	bâillonna /ba.jɔ.na/ or /bɑ.jɔ.na/	bâillonnâmes /ba.jɔ.nam/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nam/	bâillonnâtes /ba.jɔ.nat/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nat/	bâillonnèrent /ba.jɔ.nɛʁ/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	bâillonnerai /ba.jɔn.ʁe/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁe/	bâillonneras /ba.jɔn.ʁa/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁa/	bâillonnera /ba.jɔn.ʁa/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁa/	bâillonnerons /ba.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/	bâillonnerez /ba.jɔn.ʁe/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁe/	bâillonneront /ba.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bâillonnerais /ba.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁɛ/	bâillonnerais /ba.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁɛ/	bâillonnerait /ba.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔn.ʁɛ/	bâillonnerions /ba.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	bâillonneriez /ba.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nə.ʁje/	bâillonneraient /ba.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.jɔn.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	bâillonne /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonnes /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonne /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	bâillonnions /ba.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.njɔ̃/	bâillonniez /ba.jɔ.nje/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nje/	bâillonnent /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/
	imperfect2	bâillonnasse /ba.jɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nas/	bâillonnasses /ba.jɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nas/	bâillonnât /ba.jɔ.na/ or /bɑ.jɔ.na/	bâillonnassions /ba.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	bâillonnassiez /ba.jɔ.na.sje/ or /bɑ.jɔ.na.sje/	bâillonnassent /ba.jɔ.nas/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bâillonne /ba.jɔn/ or /bɑ.jɔn/	—	bâillonnons /ba.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /bɑ.jɔ.nɔ̃/	bâillonnez /ba.jɔ.ne/ or /bɑ.jɔ.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• bâillement
• bâillon

Further reading

• “bâillonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.