bauger

French

Etymology

From bauge (“wallow”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bauger

1. to wallow

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written bauge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of bauger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bauger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	baugeant /bo.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baugé /bo.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bauge /boʒ/	bauges /boʒ/	bauge /boʒ/	baugeons /bo.ʒɔ̃/	baugez /bo.ʒe/	baugent /boʒ/
	imperfect	baugeais /bo.ʒɛ/	baugeais /bo.ʒɛ/	baugeait /bo.ʒɛ/	baugions /bo.ʒjɔ̃/	baugiez /bo.ʒje/	baugeaient /bo.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	baugeai /bo.ʒe/	baugeas /bo.ʒa/	baugea /bo.ʒa/	baugeâmes /bo.ʒam/	baugeâtes /bo.ʒat/	baugèrent /bo.ʒɛʁ/
	future	baugerai /boʒ.ʁe/	baugeras /boʒ.ʁa/	baugera /boʒ.ʁa/	baugerons /boʒ.ʁɔ̃/	baugerez /boʒ.ʁe/	baugeront /boʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baugerais /boʒ.ʁɛ/	baugerais /boʒ.ʁɛ/	baugerait /boʒ.ʁɛ/	baugerions /bo.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	baugeriez /bo.ʒə.ʁje/	baugeraient /boʒ.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	bauge /boʒ/	bauges /boʒ/	bauge /boʒ/	baugions /bo.ʒjɔ̃/	baugiez /bo.ʒje/	baugent /boʒ/
	imperfect2	baugeasse /bo.ʒas/	baugeasses /bo.ʒas/	baugeât /bo.ʒa/	baugeassions /bo.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	baugeassiez /bo.ʒa.sje/	baugeassent /bo.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bauge /boʒ/	—	baugeons /bo.ʒɔ̃/	baugez /bo.ʒe/	—
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

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

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Noun

bauger m pl

1. indefinite plural of baug