balayer

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French

Etymology

From balai +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lɛ.je/, /ba.le.je/
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Verb

balayer

  1. to sweep
  2. to sweep aside, brush aside
  3. (of a long skirt) to drag on the floor
  4. (military) to rake (sweep with gunfire)
  5. (politics) to make a clean sweep

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of balayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple balayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple balayant
/ba.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ba.le.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle balayé
/ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present balaye or balaie
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balayes or balaies
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balaye or balaie
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balayons
/ba.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ba.le.jɔ̃/ 		balayez
/ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/ 		balayent or balaient
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/
imperfect balayais
/ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ 		balayais
/ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ 		balayait
/ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ 		balayions
/ba.lɛj.jɔ̃/ 		balayiez
/ba.lɛj.je/ 		balayaient
/ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/
past historic2 balayai
/ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/ 		balayas
/ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ 		balaya
/ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ 		balayâmes
/ba.lɛ.jam/ or /ba.le.jam/ 		balayâtes
/ba.lɛ.jat/ or /ba.le.jat/ 		balayèrent
/ba.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ba.le.jɛʁ/
future balayerai or balaierai
/ba.lɛj.ʁe/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁe/ or /ba.le.ʁe/ 		balayeras or balaieras
/ba.lɛj.ʁa/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁa/ or /ba.le.ʁa/ 		balayera or balaiera
/ba.lɛj.ʁa/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁa/ or /ba.le.ʁa/ 		balayerons or balaierons
/ba.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.le.ʁɔ̃/ 		balayerez or balaierez
/ba.lɛj.ʁe/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁe/ or /ba.le.ʁe/ 		balayeront or balaieront
/ba.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.le.ʁɔ̃/
conditional balayerais or balaierais
/ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ba.le.ʁɛ/ 		balayerais or balaierais
/ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ba.le.ʁɛ/ 		balayerait or balaierait
/ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ba.le.ʁɛ/ 		balayerions or balaierions
/ba.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.ʁjɔ̃/ 		balayeriez or balaieriez
/ba.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ba.le.jə.ʁje/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁje/ or /ba.le.ʁje/ 		balayeraient or balaieraient
/ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ba.le.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 balaye or balaie
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balayes or balaies
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balaye or balaie
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		balayions
/ba.lɛj.jɔ̃/ 		balayiez
/ba.lɛj.je/ 		balayent or balaient
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/
imperfect2 balayasse
/ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.jas/ 		balayasses
/ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.jas/ 		balayât
/ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ 		balayassions
/ba.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		balayassiez
/ba.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /ba.le.ja.sje/ 		balayassent
/ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — balaye or balaie
/ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ 		— balayons
/ba.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ba.le.jɔ̃/ 		balayez
/ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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