batifoler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ti.fɔ.le/

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Verb

batifoler

1. (intransitive) to frolic

Conjugation

Conjugation of batifoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	batifoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	batifolant /ba.ti.fɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		batifolé /ba.ti.fɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	batifole /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifoles /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifole /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifolons /ba.ti.fɔ.lɔ̃/	batifolez /ba.ti.fɔ.le/	batifolent /ba.ti.fɔl/
	imperfect	batifolais /ba.ti.fɔ.lɛ/	batifolais /ba.ti.fɔ.lɛ/	batifolait /ba.ti.fɔ.lɛ/	batifolions /ba.ti.fɔ.ljɔ̃/	batifoliez /ba.ti.fɔ.lje/	batifolaient /ba.ti.fɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	batifolai /ba.ti.fɔ.le/	batifolas /ba.ti.fɔ.la/	batifola /ba.ti.fɔ.la/	batifolâmes /ba.ti.fɔ.lam/	batifolâtes /ba.ti.fɔ.lat/	batifolèrent /ba.ti.fɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	batifolerai /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁe/	batifoleras /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁa/	batifolera /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁa/	batifolerons /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/	batifolerez /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁe/	batifoleront /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	batifolerais /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁɛ/	batifolerais /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁɛ/	batifolerait /ba.ti.fɔl.ʁɛ/	batifolerions /ba.ti.fɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	batifoleriez /ba.ti.fɔ.lə.ʁje/	batifoleraient /ba.ti.fɔl.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	batifole /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifoles /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifole /ba.ti.fɔl/	batifolions /ba.ti.fɔ.ljɔ̃/	batifoliez /ba.ti.fɔ.lje/	batifolent /ba.ti.fɔl/
	imperfect2	batifolasse /ba.ti.fɔ.las/	batifolasses /ba.ti.fɔ.las/	batifolât /ba.ti.fɔ.la/	batifolassions /ba.ti.fɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	batifolassiez /ba.ti.fɔ.la.sje/	batifolassent /ba.ti.fɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	batifole /ba.ti.fɔl/	—	batifolons /ba.ti.fɔ.lɔ̃/	batifolez /ba.ti.fɔ.le/	—
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

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