bavarder

French

Etymology

From bavard +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.vaʁ.de/

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Verb

bavarder

1. (intransitive) to chat
2. (transitive, obsolete) to have a lengthy talk about something

Conjugation

Conjugation of bavarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bavarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bavardant /ba.vaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bavardé /ba.vaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bavarde /ba.vaʁd/	bavardes /ba.vaʁd/	bavarde /ba.vaʁd/	bavardons /ba.vaʁ.dɔ̃/	bavardez /ba.vaʁ.de/	bavardent /ba.vaʁd/
	imperfect	bavardais /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/	bavardais /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/	bavardait /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/	bavardions /ba.vaʁ.djɔ̃/	bavardiez /ba.vaʁ.dje/	bavardaient /ba.vaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	bavardai /ba.vaʁ.de/	bavardas /ba.vaʁ.da/	bavarda /ba.vaʁ.da/	bavardâmes /ba.vaʁ.dam/	bavardâtes /ba.vaʁ.dat/	bavardèrent /ba.vaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	bavarderai /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁe/	bavarderas /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁa/	bavardera /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁa/	bavarderons /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	bavarderez /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁe/	bavarderont /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bavarderais /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	bavarderais /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	bavarderait /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	bavarderions /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	bavarderiez /ba.vaʁ.də.ʁje/	bavarderaient /ba.vaʁ.də.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	bavarde /ba.vaʁd/	bavardes /ba.vaʁd/	bavarde /ba.vaʁd/	bavardions /ba.vaʁ.djɔ̃/	bavardiez /ba.vaʁ.dje/	bavardent /ba.vaʁd/
	imperfect2	bavardasse /ba.vaʁ.das/	bavardasses /ba.vaʁ.das/	bavardât /ba.vaʁ.da/	bavardassions /ba.vaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	bavardassiez /ba.vaʁ.da.sje/	bavardassent /ba.vaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bavarde /ba.vaʁd/	—	bavardons /ba.vaʁ.dɔ̃/	bavardez /ba.vaʁ.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).

Synonyms

• babiller

Related terms

• bavard
• bavardin
• bavardeur/bavardeuse

Further reading

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