balader

French

Etymology

Verb formed from ballade (“lyric poem”), referring to the constant movement of troubadours, jugglers, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.la.de/

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• Homophones: baladai, baladé, baladée, baladées, baladez, baladés

Verb

balader

1. (intransitive) to stroll, walk around
2. (transitive) to give someone the runaround
3. (reflexive) to go for a walk, to trail

Conjugation

Conjugation of balader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	balader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	baladant /ba.la.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baladé /ba.la.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	balade /ba.lad/	balades /ba.lad/	balade /ba.lad/	baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/	baladez /ba.la.de/	baladent /ba.lad/
	imperfect	baladais /ba.la.dɛ/	baladais /ba.la.dɛ/	baladait /ba.la.dɛ/	baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/	baladiez /ba.la.dje/	baladaient /ba.la.dɛ/
	past historic2	baladai /ba.la.de/	baladas /ba.la.da/	balada /ba.la.da/	baladâmes /ba.la.dam/	baladâtes /ba.la.dat/	baladèrent /ba.la.dɛʁ/
	future	baladerai /ba.la.dʁe/	baladeras /ba.la.dʁa/	baladera /ba.la.dʁa/	baladerons /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/	baladerez /ba.la.dʁe/	baladeront /ba.la.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/	baladerais /ba.la.dʁɛ/	baladerait /ba.la.dʁɛ/	baladerions /ba.la.də.ʁjɔ̃/	baladeriez /ba.la.də.ʁje/	baladeraient /ba.la.dʁɛ/
(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	balade /ba.lad/	balades /ba.lad/	balade /ba.lad/	baladions /ba.la.djɔ̃/	baladiez /ba.la.dje/	baladent /ba.lad/
	imperfect2	baladasse /ba.la.das/	baladasses /ba.la.das/	baladât /ba.la.da/	baladassions /ba.la.da.sjɔ̃/	baladassiez /ba.la.da.sje/	baladassent /ba.la.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	balade /ba.lad/	—	baladons /ba.la.dɔ̃/	baladez /ba.la.de/	—
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).

Derived terms

• balocher
• envoyer balader

Related terms

• balade
• baladeur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Abélard, délabra