baleiner
French
Etymology
From baleine (“whalebone”) + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
baleiner
- to equip or stiffen (clothing, umbrella etc.) with whalebone
Conjugation
Conjugation of baleiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | baleiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | baleinant /ba.lɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ba.le.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | baleiné /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | baleine /ba.lɛn/ |
baleines /ba.lɛn/ |
baleine /ba.lɛn/ |
baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nɔ̃/ |
baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/ |
baleinent /ba.lɛn/ |
| imperfect | baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/ |
baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/ |
baleinait /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/ |
baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ba.le.njɔ̃/ |
baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ or /ba.le.nje/ |
baleinaient /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | baleinai /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/ |
baleinas /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/ |
baleina /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/ |
baleinâmes /ba.lɛ.nam/ or /ba.le.nam/ |
baleinâtes /ba.lɛ.nat/ or /ba.le.nat/ |
baleinèrent /ba.lɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ba.le.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | baleinerai /ba.lɛn.ʁe/ |
baleineras /ba.lɛn.ʁa/ |
baleinera /ba.lɛn.ʁa/ |
baleinerons /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
baleinerez /ba.lɛn.ʁe/ |
baleineront /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
baleinerait /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ |
baleinerions /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
baleineriez /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ba.le.nə.ʁje/ |
baleineraient /ba.lɛn.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 | baleine /ba.lɛn/ |
baleines /ba.lɛn/ |
baleine /ba.lɛn/ |
baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ba.le.njɔ̃/ |
baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ or /ba.le.nje/ |
baleinent /ba.lɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | baleinasse /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/ |
baleinasses /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/ |
baleinât /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/ |
baleinassions /ba.lɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.na.sjɔ̃/ |
baleinassiez /ba.lɛ.na.sje/ or /ba.le.na.sje/ |
baleinassent /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | baleine /ba.lɛn/ |
— | baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nɔ̃/ |
baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/ |
— | |
| 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||