bayer

See also: bâyer and Bayer

English

Adjective

bayer

1. comparative form of bay: more bay

Anagrams

• Bayer, Beary, Earby, Yebra, barye, beary, beray, by ear, yerba

French

Alternative forms

• bâyer (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French beer, from Old French beer, from Early Medieval Latin batāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.je/, /bɛ.je/ ~ /be.je/

• Audio:

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Verb

bayer

1. (archaic) to have one's mouth wide open, to gape

   Synonym: béer

   bayer aux corneilles

   to be dumbstruck

   (literally, “to gape at crows”)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of bayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bayer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bayant /bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bayé /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/	bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/	bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/
	imperfect	bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/	bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/	bayait /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/	bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/	bayiez /bɛj.je/	bayaient /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/
	past historic2	bayai /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/	bayas /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/	baya /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/	bayâmes /bɛ.jam/ or /be.jam/	bayâtes /bɛ.jat/ or /be.jat/	bayèrent /bɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.jɛʁ/
	future	bayerai or baierai /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ʁe/	bayeras or baieras /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ʁa/	bayera or baiera /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ or /be.ʁa/	bayerons or baierons /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ʁɔ̃/	bayerez or baierez /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ or /be.ʁe/	bayeront or baieront /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/	bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/	bayerait or baierait /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/	bayerions or baierions /bɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ʁjɔ̃/	bayeriez or baieriez /bɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /be.jə.ʁje/ or /bɛ.ʁje/ or /be.ʁje/	bayeraient or baieraient /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /be.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/	bayiez /bɛj.je/	bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/
	imperfect2	bayasse /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/	bayasses /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/	bayât /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/	bayassions /bɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ja.sjɔ̃/	bayassiez /bɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ja.sje/	bayassent /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/	—	bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/	bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• béer

Further reading

• “bayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• barye