badiner
French, verb/ba.di.ne/
badiner is spelled B-A-D-I-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Badiner is a French verb meaning “to jest, joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plaisanter, prendre quelque chose à la légère, parler ou écrire d’une manière enjouée”.
What does badiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jest, joke
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Plaisanter, prendre quelque chose à la légère, parler ou écrire d’une manière enjouée. 2. Pour un cheval, jouer avec son mors. 3. Voltiger, s’agiter au moindre vent, pour des parures légères, des ornements ajustés. 4. Badiner quelqu'un : le railler en badinant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of badiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- badinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- badiné participle past
- badine first-person indicative present
- badines indicative present second-person
- badinons first-person indicative plural
- badinez indicative plural present
- badinent indicative plural present
- badinais first-person imperfect indicative
- badinait imperfect indicative singular
- badinions first-person imperfect indicative
- badiniez imperfect indicative plural
- badinaient imperfect indicative plural
- badinai first-person historic indicative
- badinas historic indicative past
- badina historic indicative past
- badinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce badiner?
- /ba.di.ne/
- \ba.di.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to badiner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is badiner in French?
badiner appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).