branler
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French bransler, from Old French bransler (“to shake (a sword at), move”), a contracted form of brandeler (“to wobble”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand, flaming sword, sword”), ultimately from Frankish *brand (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning, flash, firebrand, flaming sword”).
The supposed intermediary form, Late Latin *brandulare, also from Proto-West Germanic *brand (“sword”), is unlikely given that the suffix -ulare had already fallen into disuse (i.e. was no longer productive) at the time of borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
branler
- (transitive) to shake
- (transitive) to touch (some work)
- Comme il n'a rien branlé, il reste encore la moitié du boulot à faire.
- Since he hasn't touched anything, there's still half the work left to do.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) to masturbate (another person)
- Il m'a branlé, puis j'ai joui.
- He wanked me off, then I came.
- (reflexive, vulgar, se branler) to masturbate
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of branler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | branler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | branlant /bʁɑ̃.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | branlé /bʁɑ̃.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branles /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branlons /bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
branlez /bʁɑ̃.le/ |
branlent /bʁɑ̃l/ |
imperfect | branlais /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlais /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlait /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlions /bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
branliez /bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
branlaient /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | branlai /bʁɑ̃.le/ |
branlas /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branla /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branlâmes /bʁɑ̃.lam/ |
branlâtes /bʁɑ̃.lat/ |
branlèrent /bʁɑ̃.lɛʁ/ | |
future | branlerai /bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
branleras /bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
branlera /bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
branlerons /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ |
branlerez /bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
branleront /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | branlerais /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerais /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerait /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerions /bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
branleriez /bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁje/ |
branleraient /bʁɑ̃l.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 | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branles /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branlions /bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
branliez /bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
branlent /bʁɑ̃l/ |
imperfect2 | branlasse /bʁɑ̃.las/ |
branlasses /bʁɑ̃.las/ |
branlât /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branlassions /bʁɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ |
branlassiez /bʁɑ̃.la.sje/ |
branlassent /bʁɑ̃.las/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
— | branlons /bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
branlez /bʁɑ̃.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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “branler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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