babillier

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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-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.

Verb

babillier

  1. (often pejorative) to babble; to chatter; to natter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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.

    Conjugation of babillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive babillier avoir babillié
gerund en babillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle babillant
past participle babillié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present babil babilles babille babillons babilliez babillent
imperfect babilloie, babilleie, babilloe, babillieve babilloies, babilleies, babilloes, babillieves babilloit, babilleit, babillot, babillieve babilliiens, babilliens babilliiez, babilliez babilloient, babilleient, babilloent, babillievent
preterite babillai babillas babilla babillames babillastes babillierent
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 babilliez 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 babilliez —

Descendants

  • French: babiller

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (babiller, supplement)
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