baratter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French barater (whence also English barter), possibly from a Vulgar Latin *būrattāre, of obscure origin; perhaps ultimately Celtic. Compare also Spanish and Portuguese baratar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa.te/

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Verb

baratter

1. to churn (agitate rapidly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of baratter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	baratter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	barattant /ba.ʁa.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baratté /ba.ʁa.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baratte /ba.ʁat/	barattes /ba.ʁat/	baratte /ba.ʁat/	barattons /ba.ʁa.tɔ̃/	barattez /ba.ʁa.te/	barattent /ba.ʁat/
	imperfect	barattais /ba.ʁa.tɛ/	barattais /ba.ʁa.tɛ/	barattait /ba.ʁa.tɛ/	barattions /ba.ʁa.tjɔ̃/	barattiez /ba.ʁa.tje/	barattaient /ba.ʁa.tɛ/
	past historic2	barattai /ba.ʁa.te/	barattas /ba.ʁa.ta/	baratta /ba.ʁa.ta/	barattâmes /ba.ʁa.tam/	barattâtes /ba.ʁa.tat/	barattèrent /ba.ʁa.tɛʁ/
	future	baratterai /ba.ʁa.tʁe/	baratteras /ba.ʁa.tʁa/	barattera /ba.ʁa.tʁa/	baratterons /ba.ʁa.tʁɔ̃/	baratterez /ba.ʁa.tʁe/	baratteront /ba.ʁa.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baratterais /ba.ʁa.tʁɛ/	baratterais /ba.ʁa.tʁɛ/	baratterait /ba.ʁa.tʁɛ/	baratterions /ba.ʁa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	baratteriez /ba.ʁa.tə.ʁje/	baratteraient /ba.ʁa.tʁɛ/
(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	baratte /ba.ʁat/	barattes /ba.ʁat/	baratte /ba.ʁat/	barattions /ba.ʁa.tjɔ̃/	barattiez /ba.ʁa.tje/	barattent /ba.ʁat/
	imperfect2	barattasse /ba.ʁa.tas/	barattasses /ba.ʁa.tas/	barattât /ba.ʁa.ta/	barattassions /ba.ʁa.ta.sjɔ̃/	barattassiez /ba.ʁa.ta.sje/	barattassent /ba.ʁa.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baratte /ba.ʁat/	—	barattons /ba.ʁa.tɔ̃/	barattez /ba.ʁa.te/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• rabattre