"baller" meaning in French

See baller in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ba.le/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-baller.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-baller.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-baller.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French baller, from Old French baller, baler, from Late Latin ballāre (“to dance”), itself borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Cognate with Catalan ballar, Italian ballare, Portuguese bailar, Spanish bailar. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|baller|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French baller, {{inh+|fr|frm|baller}} Inherited from Middle French baller, {{inh|fr|fro|baller}} Old French baller, {{inh|fr|la-lat|ballo|ballāre|to dance}} Late Latin ballāre (“to dance”), {{der|fr|grc|βάλλω|t=to throw}} Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”), {{cog|ca|ballar}} Catalan ballar, {{cog|it|ballare}} Italian ballare, {{cog|pt|bailar}} Portuguese bailar, {{cog|es|bailar}} Spanish bailar Head templates: {{fr-verb}} baller Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], baller [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], ballant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], ballé [participle, past], balle [first-person, indicative, present, singular], balles [indicative, present, second-person, singular], balle [indicative, present, singular, third-person], ballons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], ballez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], ballent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], ballais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], ballais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], ballait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], ballions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], balliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], ballaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], ballai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], ballas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], balla [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], ballâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], ballâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], ballèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], ballerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], balleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], ballera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], ballerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], ballerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], balleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], ballerais [conditional, first-person, singular], ballerais [conditional, second-person, singular], ballerait [conditional, singular, third-person], ballerions [conditional, first-person, plural], balleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], balleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], balle [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], balles [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], balle [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], ballions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], balliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], ballent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], ballasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], ballasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], ballât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], ballassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], ballassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], ballassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], balle [imperative, second-person, singular], ballons [first-person, imperative, plural], ballez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) to dance Tags: ambitransitive, archaic Synonyms: danser
    Sense id: en-baller-fr-verb-YInOfrwL Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 46 54
  2. to swing or sway; to dangle
    Sense id: en-baller-fr-verb-jiiD~oRN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bal, ballet

Inflected forms

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      "form": "ballerez",
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      "form": "balleront",
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      "form": "balleriez",
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "balle",
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    {
      "form": "ballent",
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    {
      "form": "ballasse",
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    {
      "form": "ballasses",
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      "form": "ballât",
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      "form": "ballassions",
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      "form": "ballez",
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          "dance"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.