balancer

English

Noun

balancer (plural balancers)

1. One who, or that which, balances.
2. The rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.

Anagrams

• barnacle

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

balancer

1. (reflexive) to swing (“to do a reciprocating movement”)
2. (reflexive) to swing (“to ride on a swing”)
3. (Quebec) to balance (“make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond”)
4. (France) (slang) to denounce (“to make a formal or public accusation against”)
5. (informal) to throw (“to cause an object to move rapidly through the air”)

Derived terms

• balance
• balançoire

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

   Conjugation of balancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		balancer			avoir balancé
gerund		en balançant			en ayant balancé
present participle		balançant
past participle		balancé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	balance	balances	balance	balançons	balancez	balancent
	imperfect	balançais	balançais	balançait	balancions	balanciez	balançaient
	past historic1	balançai	balanças	balança	balançâmes	balançâtes	balancèrent
	future	balancerai	balanceras	balancera	balancerons	balancerez	balanceront
	conditional	balancerais	balancerais	balancerait	balancerions	balanceriez	balanceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	balance	balances	balance	balancions	balanciez	balancent
	imperfect1	balançasse	balançasses	balançât	balançassions	balançassiez	balançassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	balance	—	balançons	balancez	—
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