palabrer

French

Etymology

From palabre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.bʁe/

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Verb

palabrer

1. (intransitive) to endlessly argue
   • 2023, Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, L'iris blanc [Asterix and the White Iris] (Asterix), Vanves: Hachette, →ISBN, page 17:

     Mais assez palabré ! Mes amis, il est de temps de guerroyer !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of palabrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	palabrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	palabrant /pa.la.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		palabré /pa.la.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	palabre /pa.labʁ/	palabres /pa.labʁ/	palabre /pa.labʁ/	palabrons /pa.la.bʁɔ̃/	palabrez /pa.la.bʁe/	palabrent /pa.labʁ/
	imperfect	palabrais /pa.la.bʁɛ/	palabrais /pa.la.bʁɛ/	palabrait /pa.la.bʁɛ/	palabrions /pa.la.bʁi.jɔ̃/	palabriez /pa.la.bʁi.je/	palabraient /pa.la.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	palabrai /pa.la.bʁe/	palabras /pa.la.bʁa/	palabra /pa.la.bʁa/	palabrâmes /pa.la.bʁam/	palabrâtes /pa.la.bʁat/	palabrèrent /pa.la.bʁɛʁ/
	future	palabrerai /pa.la.bʁə.ʁe/	palabreras /pa.la.bʁə.ʁa/	palabrera /pa.la.bʁə.ʁa/	palabrerons /pa.la.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	palabrerez /pa.la.bʁə.ʁe/	palabreront /pa.la.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	palabrerais /pa.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/	palabrerais /pa.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/	palabrerait /pa.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/	palabrerions /pa.la.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	palabreriez /pa.la.bʁə.ʁje/	palabreraient /pa.la.bʁə.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	palabre /pa.labʁ/	palabres /pa.labʁ/	palabre /pa.labʁ/	palabrions /pa.la.bʁi.jɔ̃/	palabriez /pa.la.bʁi.je/	palabrent /pa.labʁ/
	imperfect2	palabrasse /pa.la.bʁas/	palabrasses /pa.la.bʁas/	palabrât /pa.la.bʁa/	palabrassions /pa.la.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	palabrassiez /pa.la.bʁa.sje/	palabrassent /pa.la.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	palabre /pa.labʁ/	—	palabrons /pa.la.bʁɔ̃/	palabrez /pa.la.bʁe/	—
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

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