battre
See also: bättre
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbattre
- to beat; to defeat
- to beat up
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin:
- J’irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.
- I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I will fight for a seat at the counter.
- (cooking) to whisk or whip (eggs)
- (agriculture) to thresh
- (card games) to shuffle
Conjugation
editThis verb is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *batt and *batts, it has the forms bat and bats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
Conjugation of battre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | battre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | battant /ba.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | battu /ba.ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bats /ba/ |
bats /ba/ |
bat /ba/ |
battons /ba.tɔ̃/ |
battez /ba.te/ |
battent /bat/ |
imperfect | battais /ba.tɛ/ |
battais /ba.tɛ/ |
battait /ba.tɛ/ |
battions /ba.tjɔ̃/ |
battiez /ba.tje/ |
battaient /ba.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | battis /ba.ti/ |
battis /ba.ti/ |
battit /ba.ti/ |
battîmes /ba.tim/ |
battîtes /ba.tit/ |
battirent /ba.tiʁ/ | |
future | battrai /ba.tʁe/ |
battras /ba.tʁa/ |
battra /ba.tʁa/ |
battrons /ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
battrez /ba.tʁe/ |
battront /ba.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | battrais /ba.tʁɛ/ |
battrais /ba.tʁɛ/ |
battrait /ba.tʁɛ/ |
battrions /ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
battriez /ba.tʁi.je/ |
battraient /ba.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 | batte /bat/ |
battes /bat/ |
batte /bat/ |
battions /ba.tjɔ̃/ |
battiez /ba.tje/ |
battent /bat/ |
imperfect2 | battisse /ba.tis/ |
battisses /ba.tis/ |
battît /ba.ti/ |
battissions /ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
battissiez /ba.ti.sje/ |
battissent /ba.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bats /ba/ |
— | battons /ba.tɔ̃/ |
battez /ba.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). |
Derived terms
edit- battage
- battement
- batterie
- battoir
- battre à plate couture
- battre à plate couture
- battre à plates coutures
- battre comme plâtre
- battre de l’aile
- battre en brèche
- battre en retraite
- battre froid
- battre la campagne
- battre la chamade
- battre la mesure
- battre le fer tant qu’il est chaud
- battre monnaie
- battre sa coulpe
- battre son plein
- contrebattre
- rabattre
- rien à battre
- se battre comme des chiffonniers
- se battre les couilles de
- sortir des sentiers battus
- s’en battre les steaks
- terre battue
Further reading
edit- “battre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French batre.
Verb
editbattre
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- French: battre
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.
Verb
editbattre (gerund batt'tie)
Derived terms
edit- battre lé beurre (“to make butter”)
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