balancer

English

Etymology

balance +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæ.lən.səɹ /

Noun

balancer (plural balancers)

  1. one who, or that which, balances
  2. an acrobat
  3. any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Late Latin (libra) bilanx "(balance) with two scale pans".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lɑ̃.se/
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Verb

balancer

  1. (reflexive) to swing (“to do a reciprocating movement”)
  2. (reflexive) to swing (“to ride on a swing”)
  3. (Quebec) to balance (“make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond”)
  4. (France, slang) to denounce (“to make a formal or public accusation against”), to rat
    • 2017, Le Monde, Dec 29th
      La journaliste Sandra Muller revient sur le phénomène #balancetonporc qu’elle a lancé.
  1. (informal) to toss (“to throw”)
  2. (informal) to throw away (“to discard”)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

  Conjugation of balancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive balancer avoir balancé
gerund en balançant en ayant balancé
present participle balançant
/ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle balancé
/ba.lɑ̃.se/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present balance
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balances
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balance
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balançons
/ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 balancez
/ba.lɑ̃.se/		 balancent
/ba.lɑ̃s/
imperfect balançais
/ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 balançais
/ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 balançait
/ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 balancions
/ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 balanciez
/ba.lɑ̃.sje/		 balançaient
/ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic1 balançai
/ba.lɑ̃.se/		 balanças
/ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 balança
/ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 balançâmes
/ba.lɑ̃.sam/		 balançâtes
/ba.lɑ̃.sat/		 balancèrent
/ba.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future balancerai
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/		 balanceras
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/		 balancera
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/		 balancerons
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 balancerez
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/		 balanceront
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional balancerais
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 balancerais
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 balancerait
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 balancerions
/ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 balanceriez
/ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 balanceraient
/ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present balance
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balances
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balance
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 balancions
/ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 balanciez
/ba.lɑ̃.sje/		 balancent
/ba.lɑ̃s/
imperfect1 balançasse
/ba.lɑ̃.sas/		 balançasses
/ba.lɑ̃.sas/		 balançât
/ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 balançassions
/ba.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 balançassiez
/ba.lɑ̃.sa.sje/		 balançassent
/ba.lɑ̃.sas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— balance
/ba.lɑ̃s/		 — balançons
/ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 balancez
/ba.lɑ̃.se/		 —
1literary tenses

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