ballotter
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
ballotter
- (transitive, intransitive) to toss (around), to jolt
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- L'Aveugle tendait son chapeau, qui ballottait au bord de la portière, comme une poche de la tapisserie déclouée.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2
Verb
ballotter
- (transitive or intransitive, archaic) to ballot: to vote using a ballot
- 1793, National Convention, Acte constitutionnel [Constitutional Act], 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 [as the one] to be voted [for] or [as the one] 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ballotter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012