bâtonner

French

Etymology

From bâton +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tɔ.ne/, /bɑ.tɔ.ne/

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Verb

bâtonner

1. to club (strike with a club)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bâtonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bâtonner
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abornent