bateler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tle/

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Verb

bateler

1. to conjure (do magic tricks)
2. to juggle

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of bateler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bateler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	batelant /ba.tlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		batelé /ba.tle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	batelle or batèle /ba.tɛl/	batelles or batèles /ba.tɛl/	batelle or batèle /ba.tɛl/	batelons /ba.tlɔ̃/	batelez /ba.tle/	batellent or batèlent /ba.tɛl/
	imperfect	batelais /ba.tlɛ/	batelais /ba.tlɛ/	batelait /ba.tlɛ/	batelions /ba.tə.ljɔ̃/	bateliez /ba.tə.lje/	batelaient /ba.tlɛ/
	past historic2	batelai /ba.tle/	batelas /ba.tla/	batela /ba.tla/	batelâmes /ba.tlam/	batelâtes /ba.tlat/	batelèrent /ba.tlɛʁ/
	future	batellerai or batèlerai /ba.tɛl.ʁe/	batelleras or batèleras /ba.tɛl.ʁa/	batellera or batèlera /ba.tɛl.ʁa/	batellerons or batèlerons /ba.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/	batellerez or batèlerez /ba.tɛl.ʁe/	batelleront or batèleront /ba.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	batellerais or batèlerais /ba.tɛl.ʁɛ/	batellerais or batèlerais /ba.tɛl.ʁɛ/	batellerait or batèlerait /ba.tɛl.ʁɛ/	batellerions or batèlerions /ba.tɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.te.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	batelleriez or batèleriez /ba.tɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ba.te.lə.ʁje/	batelleraient or batèleraient /ba.tɛl.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	batelle or batèle /ba.tɛl/	batelles or batèles /ba.tɛl/	batelle or batèle /ba.tɛl/	batelions /ba.tə.ljɔ̃/	bateliez /ba.tə.lje/	batellent or batèlent /ba.tɛl/
	imperfect2	batelasse /ba.tlas/	batelasses /ba.tlas/	batelât /ba.tla/	batelassions /ba.tla.sjɔ̃/	batelassiez /ba.tla.sje/	batelassent /ba.tlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	batelle or batèle /ba.tɛl/	—	batelons /ba.tlɔ̃/	batelez /ba.tle/	—
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

• batelage
• batelée
• batelet
• batelière
• batellerie

Further reading

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