bavasser
French, verb/ba.va.se/
bavasser is spelled B-A-V-A-S-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bavasser is a French verb meaning “to waffle, natter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler pour ne rien dire”.
What does bavasser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waffle, natter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parler pour ne rien dire. 2. Rapporter, dénoncer.
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 bavasser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bavassant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bavassé participle past
- bavasse first-person indicative present
- bavasses indicative present second-person
- bavassons first-person indicative plural
- bavassez indicative plural present
- bavassent indicative plural present
- bavassais first-person imperfect indicative
- bavassait imperfect indicative singular
- bavassions first-person imperfect indicative
- bavassiez imperfect indicative plural
- bavassaient imperfect indicative plural
- bavassai first-person historic indicative
- bavassas historic indicative past
- bavassa historic indicative past
- bavassâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bavasser?
- /ba.va.se/
- \ba.va.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bavasser in French?
bavasser appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).