battre
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verb
- to beat; to defeat
- to beat up
- to fight
- to whisk or whipeggs
- to thresh
Forms
Present
| I | bats |
|---|---|
| you | bats |
| he, she, it | bat |
| we | battons |
| you (plural) | battez |
| they | battent |
Imperfect
| I | battais |
|---|---|
| you | battais |
| he, she, it | battait |
| we | battions |
| you (plural) | battiez |
| they | battaient |
Past historic
| I | battis |
|---|---|
| you | battis |
| he, she, it | battit |
| we | battîmes |
| you (plural) | battîtes |
| they | battirent |
Future
| I | battrai |
|---|---|
| you | battras |
| he, she, it | battra |
| we | battrons |
| you (plural) | battrez |
| they | battront |
Conditional
| I | battrais |
|---|---|
| you | battrais |
| he, she, it | battrait |
| we | battrions |
| you (plural) | battriez |
| they | battraient |
Subjunctive
| I | batte |
|---|---|
| you | battes |
| he, she, it | batte |
| we | battions |
| you (plural) | battiez |
| they | battent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | battisse |
|---|---|
| you | battisses |
| he, she, it | battît |
| we | battissions |
| you (plural) | battissiez |
| they | battissent |
Imperative
| you | bats |
|---|---|
| we | battons |
| you (plural) | battez |
Other forms
| infinitive | battre |
|---|---|
| past participle | battu |
| gerund | battant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Maria resta muette, et pourtant chacune des phrases de Lorenzo Surprenant était venue battre son coeur comme une lame s'abat sur la grève.Maria remained silent, and yet each of Lorenzo Surprenant's sentences had come to beat her heart like a blade fell on the strike.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- — On bat la générale.»- We're beating the general.'B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- La jeune fille battit des mains.The girl beat her hands.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Les communards se battent barricade par barricade, de l'ouest vers l'est.The Communards fight barricade by barricade, from west to east.B2La Commune de Paris — The Paris Commune