badger
English
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbædʒɚ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ædʒə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard.
Noun
badger (plural badgers)
- Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (American badger).
- A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
- (in the plural, obsolete, vulgar, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
Synonyms
- (animal): brock
- (native or resident of Wisconsin): Wisconsinite
Holonyms
Derived terms
- American badger (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Asian badger (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- badger dog
- badger game
- badgerlike
- Eurasian badger (:Template:llmul)
- European badger (Meles meles)
- ferret-badger(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- sand badger (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- stink badger (Mydaus spp.)
Translations
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See also
References
- badger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mustelidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Mustelidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Verb
badger (third-person singular simple present badgers, present participle badgering, simple past and past participle badgered)
- To pester, to annoy persistently.
- He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
- (British, informal) To pass gas; to fart.
Synonyms
- (to fart): Thesaurus:flatulate
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
Unknown (Possibly from "bagger". "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8)
Noun
badger (plural badgers)
- (obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English badge.
Pronunciation
Verb
badger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written badge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
infinitive | simple | badger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | badgeant /ba.dʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | badgé /ba.dʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | badge /badʒ/ |
badges /badʒ/ |
badge /badʒ/ |
badgeons /ba.dʒɔ̃/ |
badgez /ba.dʒe/ |
badgent /badʒ/ |
imperfect | badgeais /ba.dʒɛ/ |
badgeais /ba.dʒɛ/ |
badgeait /ba.dʒɛ/ |
badgions /badʒ.jɔ̃/ |
badgiez /badʒ.je/ |
badgeaient /ba.dʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | badgeai /ba.dʒe/ |
badgeas /ba.dʒa/ |
badgea /ba.dʒa/ |
badgeâmes /ba.dʒam/ |
badgeâtes /ba.dʒat/ |
badgèrent /ba.dʒɛʁ/ | |
future | badgerai /ba.dʒə.ʁe/ |
badgeras /ba.dʒə.ʁa/ |
badgera /ba.dʒə.ʁa/ |
badgerons /ba.dʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
badgerez /ba.dʒə.ʁe/ |
badgeront /ba.dʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | badgerais /ba.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
badgerais /ba.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
badgerait /ba.dʒə.ʁɛ/ |
badgerions /ba.dʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
badgeriez /ba.dʒə.ʁje/ |
badgeraient /ba.dʒə.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 | badge /badʒ/ |
badges /badʒ/ |
badge /badʒ/ |
badgions /badʒ.jɔ̃/ |
badgiez /badʒ.je/ |
badgent /badʒ/ |
imperfect2 | badgeasse /ba.dʒas/ |
badgeasses /ba.dʒas/ |
badgeât /ba.dʒa/ |
badgeassions /ba.dʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
badgeassiez /ba.dʒa.sje/ |
badgeassent /ba.dʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | badge /badʒ/ |
— | badgeons /ba.dʒɔ̃/ |
badgez /ba.dʒe/ |
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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). |
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