bayer
French, verb
bayer is spelled B-A-Y-E-R (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bayer is a French verb meaning “to have one's mouth wide open, to gape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bâyer is a different word: “alternative spelling of bayer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Béer”.
What does bayer mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto have one's mouth wide open, to gape
bayer aux corneilles
verb
- 1
alternative spelling of bayer
- 2
alternative spelling of bâiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Béer. 2. Désirer quelque chose avec ardeur ; en ce sens se joint toujours avec la préposition après.
verb: 1. Variante de bayer et bâiller.
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 bayer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bayant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bayé participle past
- baye first-person indicative present
- baie first-person indicative present
- bayes indicative present second-person
- baies indicative present second-person
- bayons first-person indicative plural
- bayez indicative plural present
- bayent indicative plural present
- baient indicative plural present
- bayais first-person imperfect indicative
- bayait imperfect indicative singular
- bayions first-person imperfect indicative
- bayiez imperfect indicative plural
- bayaient imperfect indicative plural
- bayai first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bayer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bayer in French?
bayer appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).