baleiner

French

Etymology

From baleine (“whalebone”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

baleiner

1. to equip or stiffen (clothing, umbrella etc.) with whalebone

Conjugation

Conjugation of baleiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	baleiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	baleinant /ba.lɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ba.le.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baleiné /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baleine /ba.lɛn/	baleines /ba.lɛn/	baleine /ba.lɛn/	baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nɔ̃/	baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/	baleinent /ba.lɛn/
	imperfect	baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/	baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/	baleinait /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/	baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ba.le.njɔ̃/	baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ or /ba.le.nje/	baleinaient /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ or /ba.le.nɛ/
	past historic2	baleinai /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/	baleinas /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/	baleina /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/	baleinâmes /ba.lɛ.nam/ or /ba.le.nam/	baleinâtes /ba.lɛ.nat/ or /ba.le.nat/	baleinèrent /ba.lɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ba.le.nɛʁ/
	future	baleinerai /ba.lɛn.ʁe/	baleineras /ba.lɛn.ʁa/	baleinera /ba.lɛn.ʁa/	baleinerons /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/	baleinerez /ba.lɛn.ʁe/	baleineront /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/	baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/	baleinerait /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/	baleinerions /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	baleineriez /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ba.le.nə.ʁje/	baleineraient /ba.lɛn.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	baleine /ba.lɛn/	baleines /ba.lɛn/	baleine /ba.lɛn/	baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ba.le.njɔ̃/	baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ or /ba.le.nje/	baleinent /ba.lɛn/
	imperfect2	baleinasse /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/	baleinasses /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/	baleinât /ba.lɛ.na/ or /ba.le.na/	baleinassions /ba.lɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.na.sjɔ̃/	baleinassiez /ba.lɛ.na.sje/ or /ba.le.na.sje/	baleinassent /ba.lɛ.nas/ or /ba.le.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baleine /ba.lɛn/	—	baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ba.le.nɔ̃/	baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ or /ba.le.ne/	—
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).