bistrer

French

Etymology

From bistre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bistrer

1. to darken, blacken
2. to be mesmerized

Conjugation

Conjugation of bistrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bistrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bistrant /bis.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bistré /bis.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bistre /bistʁ/	bistres /bistʁ/	bistre /bistʁ/	bistrons /bis.tʁɔ̃/	bistrez /bis.tʁe/	bistrent /bistʁ/
	imperfect	bistrais /bis.tʁɛ/	bistrais /bis.tʁɛ/	bistrait /bis.tʁɛ/	bistrions /bis.tʁi.jɔ̃/	bistriez /bis.tʁi.je/	bistraient /bis.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	bistrai /bis.tʁe/	bistras /bis.tʁa/	bistra /bis.tʁa/	bistrâmes /bis.tʁam/	bistrâtes /bis.tʁat/	bistrèrent /bis.tʁɛʁ/
	future	bistrerai /bis.tʁə.ʁe/	bistreras /bis.tʁə.ʁa/	bistrera /bis.tʁə.ʁa/	bistrerons /bis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	bistrerez /bis.tʁə.ʁe/	bistreront /bis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bistrerais /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	bistrerais /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	bistrerait /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/	bistrerions /bis.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	bistreriez /bis.tʁə.ʁje/	bistreraient /bis.tʁə.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	bistre /bistʁ/	bistres /bistʁ/	bistre /bistʁ/	bistrions /bis.tʁi.jɔ̃/	bistriez /bis.tʁi.je/	bistrent /bistʁ/
	imperfect2	bistrasse /bis.tʁas/	bistrasses /bis.tʁas/	bistrât /bis.tʁa/	bistrassions /bis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	bistrassiez /bis.tʁa.sje/	bistrassent /bis.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bistre /bistʁ/	—	bistrons /bis.tʁɔ̃/	bistrez /bis.tʁe/	—
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

• bistrage

Further reading

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