Inherited from Middle French babiller, from Old French babillier (“to stutter”), from a root *bab- (compare also Middle French baboyer (“to mumble”)), probably of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch *babōn, *babelōn (“to mumble, chatter, babble”), from Proto-West Germanic *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”).
Cognate with Dutch babben (“to babble”), Dutch babbelen (“to babble”), German pappeln (“to stammer, babble”), Icelandic babba and babla (“to babble”). More at babble.
babiller
| infinitive | simple | babiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | babillant /ba.bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | babillé /ba.bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | babille /ba.bij/ |
babilles /ba.bij/ |
babille /ba.bij/ |
babillons /ba.bi.jɔ̃/ |
babillez /ba.bi.je/ |
babillent /ba.bij/ |
| imperfect | babillais /ba.bi.jɛ/ |
babillais /ba.bi.jɛ/ |
babillait /ba.bi.jɛ/ |
babillions /ba.bij.jɔ̃/ |
babilliez /ba.bij.je/ |
babillaient /ba.bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | babillai /ba.bi.je/ |
babillas /ba.bi.ja/ |
babilla /ba.bi.ja/ |
babillâmes /ba.bi.jam/ |
babillâtes /ba.bi.jat/ |
babillèrent /ba.bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | babillerai /ba.bij.ʁe/ |
babilleras /ba.bij.ʁa/ |
babillera /ba.bij.ʁa/ |
babillerons /ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/ |
babillerez /ba.bij.ʁe/ |
babilleront /ba.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | babillerais /ba.bij.ʁɛ/ |
babillerais /ba.bij.ʁɛ/ |
babillerait /ba.bij.ʁɛ/ |
babillerions /ba.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
babilleriez /ba.bi.jə.ʁje/ |
babilleraient /ba.bij.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 | babille /ba.bij/ |
babilles /ba.bij/ |
babille /ba.bij/ |
babillions /ba.bij.jɔ̃/ |
babilliez /ba.bij.je/ |
babillent /ba.bij/ |
| imperfect2 | babillasse /ba.bi.jas/ |
babillasses /ba.bi.jas/ |
babillât /ba.bi.ja/ |
babillassions /ba.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
babillassiez /ba.bi.ja.sje/ |
babillassent /ba.bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | babille /ba.bij/ |
— | babillons /ba.bi.jɔ̃/ |
babillez /ba.bi.je/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
babiller
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ill, *-ills, *-illt are modified to il, iz, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | babiller | avoir babillé | |||||
| gerund | en babillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | babillant | ||||||
| past participle | babillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | babil | babilles | babille | babillons | babillez | babillent |
| imperfect | babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babilleve | babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babilleves | babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babilleve | babilliiens, babilliens | babilliiez, babilliez | babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillevent | |
| preterite | babillai | babillas | babilla | babillames | babillastes | babillerent | |
| future | babillerai | babilleras | babillera | babillerons | babilleroiz, babillereiz, babillerez | babilleront | |
| conditional | babilleroie, babillereie | babilleroies, babillereies | babilleroit, babillereit | babilleriiens, babilleriens | babilleriiez, babilleriez | babilleroient, babillereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | babil | babiz | babit | babillons | babillez | babillent |
| imperfect | babillasse | babillasses | babillast | babillissons, babillissiens | babillissoiz, babillissez, babillissiez | babillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | babille | — | babillons | babillez | — | ||