ballotter
French
Pronunciation
Verb
ballotter
- (transitive) to toss (around), to jolt
Conjugation
Conjugation of ballotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ballotter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ballottant /ba.lɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ballotté /ba.lɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ballotte /ba.lɔt/ |
ballottes /ba.lɔt/ |
ballotte /ba.lɔt/ |
ballottons /ba.lɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ballottez /ba.lɔ.te/ |
ballottent /ba.lɔt/ |
imperfect | ballottais /ba.lɔ.tɛ/ |
ballottais /ba.lɔ.tɛ/ |
ballottait /ba.lɔ.tɛ/ |
ballottions /ba.lɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ballottiez /ba.lɔ.tje/ |
ballottaient /ba.lɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ballottai /ba.lɔ.te/ |
ballottas /ba.lɔ.ta/ |
ballotta /ba.lɔ.ta/ |
ballottâmes /ba.lɔ.tam/ |
ballottâtes /ba.lɔ.tat/ |
ballottèrent /ba.lɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | ballotterai /ba.lɔ.tʁe/ |
ballotteras /ba.lɔ.tʁa/ |
ballottera /ba.lɔ.tʁa/ |
ballotterons /ba.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
ballotterez /ba.lɔ.tʁe/ |
ballotteront /ba.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ballotterais /ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ballotterais /ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ballotterait /ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ballotterions /ba.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ballotteriez /ba.lɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
ballotteraient /ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | ballotte /ba.lɔt/ |
ballottes /ba.lɔt/ |
ballotte /ba.lɔt/ |
ballottions /ba.lɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ballottiez /ba.lɔ.tje/ |
ballottent /ba.lɔt/ |
imperfect2 | ballottasse /ba.lɔ.tas/ |
ballottasses /ba.lɔ.tas/ |
ballottât /ba.lɔ.ta/ |
ballottassions /ba.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ballottassiez /ba.lɔ.ta.sje/ |
ballottassent /ba.lɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ballotte /ba.lɔt/ |
— | ballottons /ba.lɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ballottez /ba.lɔ.te/ |
— | |
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). |
Further reading
- “ballotter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.