bibeloter

French

Etymology

From bibelot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bibeloter

1. to make/sell/buy/collect knickknacks

Conjugation

Conjugation of bibeloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bibeloter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bibelotant /bi.blɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bibeloté /bi.blɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bibelote /bi.blɔt/	bibelotes /bi.blɔt/	bibelote /bi.blɔt/	bibelotons /bi.blɔ.tɔ̃/	bibelotez /bi.blɔ.te/	bibelotent /bi.blɔt/
	imperfect	bibelotais /bi.blɔ.tɛ/	bibelotais /bi.blɔ.tɛ/	bibelotait /bi.blɔ.tɛ/	bibelotions /bi.blɔ.tjɔ̃/	bibelotiez /bi.blɔ.tje/	bibelotaient /bi.blɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	bibelotai /bi.blɔ.te/	bibelotas /bi.blɔ.ta/	bibelota /bi.blɔ.ta/	bibelotâmes /bi.blɔ.tam/	bibelotâtes /bi.blɔ.tat/	bibelotèrent /bi.blɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	bibeloterai /bi.blɔ.tʁe/	bibeloteras /bi.blɔ.tʁa/	bibelotera /bi.blɔ.tʁa/	bibeloterons /bi.blɔ.tʁɔ̃/	bibeloterez /bi.blɔ.tʁe/	bibeloteront /bi.blɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bibeloterais /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/	bibeloterais /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/	bibeloterait /bi.blɔ.tʁɛ/	bibeloterions /bi.blɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	bibeloteriez /bi.blɔ.tə.ʁje/	bibeloteraient /bi.blɔ.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	bibelote /bi.blɔt/	bibelotes /bi.blɔt/	bibelote /bi.blɔt/	bibelotions /bi.blɔ.tjɔ̃/	bibelotiez /bi.blɔ.tje/	bibelotent /bi.blɔt/
	imperfect2	bibelotasse /bi.blɔ.tas/	bibelotasses /bi.blɔ.tas/	bibelotât /bi.blɔ.ta/	bibelotassions /bi.blɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	bibelotassiez /bi.blɔ.ta.sje/	bibelotassent /bi.blɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bibelote /bi.blɔt/	—	bibelotons /bi.blɔ.tɔ̃/	bibelotez /bi.blɔ.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).

Derived terms

• bibelotage

Further reading

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