baliverne
French, noun
baliverne is spelled B-A-L-I-V-E-R-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baliverne is a French feminine noun meaning “trifle, nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of baliverner. With an accent, baliverné is a different word: “past participle of baliverner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propos frivole ; occupation futile”.
What does baliverne mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininetrifle, nonsense
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of baliverner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propos frivole ; occupation futile.
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 baliverne
- balivernes plural
- balivernée feminine
- balivernés masculine plural
- balivernées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baliverne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baliverne in French?
baliverne appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).