baleiner
French, verb/ba.lɛ.ne/
baleiner is a French verb meaning “to equip or stiffen (clothing, umbrella etc.) with whalebone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Munir de baleines (un vêtement ou un parapluie)”.
What does baleiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to equip or stiffen (clothing, umbrella etc.) with whalebone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Munir de baleines (un vêtement ou un parapluie).
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 baleiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- baleinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- baleiné participle past
- baleine first-person indicative present
- baleines indicative present second-person
- baleinons first-person indicative plural
- baleinez indicative plural present
- baleinent indicative plural present
- baleinais first-person imperfect indicative
- baleinait imperfect indicative singular
- baleinions first-person imperfect indicative
- baleiniez imperfect indicative plural
- baleinaient imperfect indicative plural
- baleinai first-person historic indicative
- baleinas historic indicative past
- baleina historic indicative past
- baleinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baleiner?
- /ba.lɛ.ne/
- /ba.le.ne/
- \ba.lɛ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.