batifoler
French, verb/ba.ti.fɔ.le/
batifoler is spelled B-A-T-I-F-O-L-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batifoler is a French verb meaning “to frolic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jouer à la manière des enfants. Gambader, aller de-ci de-là”.
What does batifoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frolic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Jouer à la manière des enfants. Gambader, aller de-ci de-là. 2. S’amuser à courtiser une jeune fille.
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 batifoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- batifolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- batifolé participle past
- batifole first-person indicative present
- batifoles indicative present second-person
- batifolons first-person indicative plural
- batifolez indicative plural present
- batifolent indicative plural present
- batifolais first-person imperfect indicative
- batifolait imperfect indicative singular
- batifolions first-person imperfect indicative
- batifoliez imperfect indicative plural
- batifolaient imperfect indicative plural
- batifolai first-person historic indicative
- batifolas historic indicative past
- batifola historic indicative past
- batifolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batifoler?
- /ba.ti.fɔ.le/
- \ba.ti.fɔ.le\
- [ba.ti.fɔ.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to batifoler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batifoler in French?
batifoler appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).