bayer
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin *batare (“to gape”), probably of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.je/, /bɛ.je/
Verb
bayer
- (archaic) to have one's mouth wide open, to gape
- Synonym: béer
- bayer aux corneilles
- to be dumbstruck
- (literally, “to gape at crows”)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of bayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | bayant /bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | bayé /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | bayer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | bayant /bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ |
bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect | bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayait /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bej.jɔ̃/ |
bayiez /bɛj.je/ or /bej.je/ |
bayaient /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bayai /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
bayas /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
baya /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
bayâmes /bɛ.jam/ or /be.jam/ |
bayâtes /bɛ.jat/ or /be.jat/ |
bayèrent /bɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | bayerai or baierai /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ |
bayeras or baieras /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ |
bayera or baiera /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ |
bayerons or baierons /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bayerez or baierez /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ |
bayeront or baieront /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerait or baierait /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerions or baierions /bɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bayeriez or baieriez /bɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /bɛ.ʁje/ |
bayeraient or baieraient /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.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 | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bej.jɔ̃/ |
bayiez /bɛj.je/ or /bej.je/ |
bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | bayasse /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ |
bayasses /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ |
bayât /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
bayassions /bɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bayassiez /bɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ja.sje/ |
bayassent /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
— | bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ |
bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “bayer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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