baliverner

French

Etymology

baller +‎ verner or vironner. Compare Middle French bouleverser et balevolter. By surface analysis, baliverne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

baliverner

1. to talk nonsense
2. to mock

Conjugation

Conjugation of baliverner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	baliverner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	balivernant /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baliverné /ba.li.vɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baliverne /ba.li.vɛʁn/	balivernes /ba.li.vɛʁn/	baliverne /ba.li.vɛʁn/	balivernons /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/	balivernez /ba.li.vɛʁ.ne/	balivernent /ba.li.vɛʁn/
	imperfect	balivernais /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɛ/	balivernais /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɛ/	balivernait /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɛ/	balivernions /ba.li.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/	baliverniez /ba.li.vɛʁ.nje/	balivernaient /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	balivernai /ba.li.vɛʁ.ne/	balivernas /ba.li.vɛʁ.na/	baliverna /ba.li.vɛʁ.na/	balivernâmes /ba.li.vɛʁ.nam/	balivernâtes /ba.li.vɛʁ.nat/	balivernèrent /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	balivernerai /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	baliverneras /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	balivernera /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	balivernerons /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	balivernerez /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	baliverneront /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	balivernerais /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	balivernerais /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	balivernerait /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	balivernerions /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	baliverneriez /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	baliverneraient /ba.li.vɛʁ.nə.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	baliverne /ba.li.vɛʁn/	balivernes /ba.li.vɛʁn/	baliverne /ba.li.vɛʁn/	balivernions /ba.li.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/	baliverniez /ba.li.vɛʁ.nje/	balivernent /ba.li.vɛʁn/
	imperfect2	balivernasse /ba.li.vɛʁ.nas/	balivernasses /ba.li.vɛʁ.nas/	balivernât /ba.li.vɛʁ.na/	balivernassions /ba.li.vɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	balivernassiez /ba.li.vɛʁ.na.sje/	balivernassent /ba.li.vɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baliverne /ba.li.vɛʁn/	—	balivernons /ba.li.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/	balivernez /ba.li.vɛʁ.ne/	—
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

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