baver

See also: bäver

French

Etymology

See bave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ve/

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Verb

baver

1. to drool, to slobber
2. (of a pen, etc.) to leak

Conjugation

Conjugation of baver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	baver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bavant /ba.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bavé /ba.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bave /bav/	baves /bav/	bave /bav/	bavons /ba.vɔ̃/	bavez /ba.ve/	bavent /bav/
	imperfect	bavais /ba.vɛ/	bavais /ba.vɛ/	bavait /ba.vɛ/	bavions /ba.vjɔ̃/	baviez /ba.vje/	bavaient /ba.vɛ/
	past historic2	bavai /ba.ve/	bavas /ba.va/	bava /ba.va/	bavâmes /ba.vam/	bavâtes /ba.vat/	bavèrent /ba.vɛʁ/
	future	baverai /ba.vʁe/	baveras /ba.vʁa/	bavera /ba.vʁa/	baverons /ba.vʁɔ̃/	baverez /ba.vʁe/	baveront /ba.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baverais /ba.vʁɛ/	baverais /ba.vʁɛ/	baverait /ba.vʁɛ/	baverions /ba.və.ʁjɔ̃/	baveriez /ba.və.ʁje/	baveraient /ba.vʁɛ/
(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	bave /bav/	baves /bav/	bave /bav/	bavions /ba.vjɔ̃/	baviez /ba.vje/	bavent /bav/
	imperfect2	bavasse /ba.vas/	bavasses /ba.vas/	bavât /ba.va/	bavassions /ba.va.sjɔ̃/	bavassiez /ba.va.sje/	bavassent /ba.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bave /bav/	—	bavons /ba.vɔ̃/	bavez /ba.ve/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• en baver

Related terms

• bave
• bavette
• bavoir
• bavure

Further reading

• “baver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• brave, bravé