branler
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bransler, from Old French bransler (“to shake (a sword at), move”), a contracted form of brandeler (“to wobble”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand, flaming sword, sword”), ultimately from Frankish *brand (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning, flash, firebrand, flaming sword”).
The supposed intermediary form, Late Latin *brandulare, also from Proto-West Germanic *brand (“sword”), is unlikely given that the suffix -ulāre had already fallen into disuse (i.e. was no longer productive) at the time of borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɑ̃.le/
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Verb
branler
- (transitive) to shake
- (transitive, vulgar) to touch (some work)
- Comme il n’a rien branlé, il reste encore la moitié du boulot à faire.
- Since he hasn't touched anything, there's still half the work left to do.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) to do
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) to masturbate (another person)
- Il m’a branlé, puis j’ai joui.
- He wanked me off, then I came.
- (reflexive, vulgar, se branler) to masturbate
- Samedi je vais me branler toute la journée.
- On Saturday I’m gonna jerk it all day.
Conjugation
Conjugation of branler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | branler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | branlant /bʁɑ̃.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | branlé /bʁɑ̃.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branles /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branlons /bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
branlez /bʁɑ̃.le/ |
branlent /bʁɑ̃l/ |
| imperfect | branlais /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlais /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlait /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ |
branlions /bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
branliez /bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
branlaient /bʁɑ̃.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | branlai /bʁɑ̃.le/ |
branlas /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branla /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branlâmes /bʁɑ̃.lam/ |
branlâtes /bʁɑ̃.lat/ |
branlèrent /bʁɑ̃.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | branlerai /bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
branleras /bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
branlera /bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/ |
branlerons /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ |
branlerez /bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/ |
branleront /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | branlerais /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerais /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerait /bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/ |
branlerions /bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
branleriez /bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁje/ |
branleraient /bʁɑ̃l.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 | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branles /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
branlions /bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/ |
branliez /bʁɑ̃.lje/ |
branlent /bʁɑ̃l/ |
| imperfect2 | branlasse /bʁɑ̃.las/ |
branlasses /bʁɑ̃.las/ |
branlât /bʁɑ̃.la/ |
branlassions /bʁɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ |
branlassiez /bʁɑ̃.la.sje/ |
branlassent /bʁɑ̃.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | branle /bʁɑ̃l/ |
— | branlons /bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/ |
branlez /bʁɑ̃.le/ |
— | |
| 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
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