Talk:béton

Verb

I think it is a verb, just since it doesn't end it -er, it can't be conjugated. But not can estre or quérir, in contemporary French I mean. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Done. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:43, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

DELETE. I doubt <<béton>> is a verb simply as a result of the context of the expression. <<Béton>> is a noun that means "concrete." Even while the expression translates into English as <<Let it drop>> (Where <<laisse>> = "Let" or "Let it") or else <<Drop it!>> or something along those lines, the translation isn't word for word (as many are not since different languages have not derived the same exact idioms), so <<béton>> would not exactly mean <<to drop>> even if the words line up in the translations. I believe it would still have to remain a noun, not convert by idiomatic translation into a verb. The verb infinitive in the expression is <<Laisser>>. Even while the expression is similar to <<Laisse tomber>> which means about the same, and where <<tomber>> is indeed a verb, in nearly all contexts, this similarity of expressions does not convert the part of speech of <<béton>> to agree with that of <<tomber>>. They are similar expressions which would seem to rely upon different parts of speech. I would suggest listing this expression under <<Laisser béton>> and deleting the listing for <<béton>> in the list of French Verbs considering it is a noun. But please correct me if there is a true reason to believe this is a verb. CatFinanciere (talk) 02:16, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

First of all, posting this kind of thing on entry talk pages is worse than useless. The only people who read these are those of us who patrol Special:RecentChanges looking for vandalism. All you're doing is adding annoying clutter- votes here don't count. If you want to delete this, you'll have to tag it with {{rfv-sense|fr}} if you don't think it's in use with that meaning, or {{rfd-sense|fr}} if you have some other reason, and post it to the appropriate request page. Don't be surprised if people disagree with you, though. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)