bêtiser

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bêtise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɛ.ti.ze/, /be.ti.ze/
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Verb[edit]

bêtiser

  1. to talk nonsense

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bêtiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bêtiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bêtisant
/bɛ.ti.zɑ̃/ or /be.ti.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bêtisé
/bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bêtise
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtises
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtise
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtisons
/bɛ.ti.zɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zɔ̃/ 		bêtisez
/bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ 		bêtisent
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/
imperfect bêtisais
/bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ 		bêtisais
/bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ 		bêtisait
/bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/ 		bêtisions
/bɛ.ti.zjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zjɔ̃/ 		bêtisiez
/bɛ.ti.zje/ or /be.ti.zje/ 		bêtisaient
/bɛ.ti.zɛ/ or /be.ti.zɛ/
past historic2 bêtisai
/bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ 		bêtisas
/bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ 		bêtisa
/bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ 		bêtisâmes
/bɛ.ti.zam/ or /be.ti.zam/ 		bêtisâtes
/bɛ.ti.zat/ or /be.ti.zat/ 		bêtisèrent
/bɛ.ti.zɛʁ/ or /be.ti.zɛʁ/
future bêtiserai
/bɛ.tiz.ʁe/ or /be.tiz.ʁe/ 		bêtiseras
/bɛ.tiz.ʁa/ or /be.tiz.ʁa/ 		bêtisera
/bɛ.tiz.ʁa/ or /be.tiz.ʁa/ 		bêtiserons
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		bêtiserez
/bɛ.tiz.ʁe/ or /be.tiz.ʁe/ 		bêtiseront
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.tiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bêtiserais
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		bêtiserais
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		bêtiserait
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		bêtiserions
/bɛ.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bêtiseriez
/bɛ.ti.zə.ʁje/ or /be.ti.zə.ʁje/ 		bêtiseraient
/bɛ.tiz.ʁɛ/ or /be.tiz.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 bêtise
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtises
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtise
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		bêtisions
/bɛ.ti.zjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zjɔ̃/ 		bêtisiez
/bɛ.ti.zje/ or /be.ti.zje/ 		bêtisent
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/
imperfect2 bêtisasse
/bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/ 		bêtisasses
/bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/ 		bêtisât
/bɛ.ti.za/ or /be.ti.za/ 		bêtisassions
/bɛ.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ 		bêtisassiez
/bɛ.ti.za.sje/ or /be.ti.za.sje/ 		bêtisassent
/bɛ.ti.zas/ or /be.ti.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bêtise
/bɛ.tiz/ or /be.tiz/ 		— bêtisons
/bɛ.ti.zɔ̃/ or /be.ti.zɔ̃/ 		bêtisez
/bɛ.ti.ze/ or /be.ti.ze/ 		—
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).

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