ballotter

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lɔ.te/
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Verb

ballotter

  1. (transitive) to toss (around), to jolt
  2. (transitive or intransitive, archaic) to ballot: to vote using a ballot
    • 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel , Paris: Imprimerie de P. L. Siret, page 9:
      En cas d'égalité de voix, le plus âgé a la préférence, soit pour être ballotté, soit pour être élu.
      In case of an equality of votes, the most aged has the preference, whether to be voted or to be elected.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ballotter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ballottant
/ba.lɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ballotté
/ba.lɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ballotte
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballottes
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballotte
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballottons
/ba.lɔ.tɔ̃/ 		ballottez
/ba.lɔ.te/ 		ballottent
/ba.lɔt/
imperfect ballottais
/ba.lɔ.tɛ/ 		ballottais
/ba.lɔ.tɛ/ 		ballottait
/ba.lɔ.tɛ/ 		ballottions
/ba.lɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		ballottiez
/ba.lɔ.tje/ 		ballottaient
/ba.lɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 ballottai
/ba.lɔ.te/ 		ballottas
/ba.lɔ.ta/ 		ballotta
/ba.lɔ.ta/ 		ballottâmes
/ba.lɔ.tam/ 		ballottâtes
/ba.lɔ.tat/ 		ballottèrent
/ba.lɔ.tɛʁ/
future ballotterai
/ba.lɔ.tʁe/ 		ballotteras
/ba.lɔ.tʁa/ 		ballottera
/ba.lɔ.tʁa/ 		ballotterons
/ba.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/ 		ballotterez
/ba.lɔ.tʁe/ 		ballotteront
/ba.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional ballotterais
/ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ 		ballotterais
/ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ 		ballotterait
/ba.lɔ.tʁɛ/ 		ballotterions
/ba.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ballotteriez
/ba.lɔ.tə.ʁje/ 		ballotteraient
/ba.lɔ.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 ballotte
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballottes
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballotte
/ba.lɔt/ 		ballottions
/ba.lɔ.tjɔ̃/ 		ballottiez
/ba.lɔ.tje/ 		ballottent
/ba.lɔt/
imperfect2 ballottasse
/ba.lɔ.tas/ 		ballottasses
/ba.lɔ.tas/ 		ballottât
/ba.lɔ.ta/ 		ballottassions
/ba.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		ballottassiez
/ba.lɔ.ta.sje/ 		ballottassent
/ba.lɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ballotte
/ba.lɔt/ 		— ballottons
/ba.lɔ.tɔ̃/ 		ballottez
/ba.lɔ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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