lambiner

French

Etymology

From lambin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.bi.ne/
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Verb

lambiner

  1. (intransitive) to dawdle

Conjugation

Conjugation of lambiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lambiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lambinant
/lɑ̃.bi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lambiné
/lɑ̃.bi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lambine
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambines
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambine
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambinons
/lɑ̃.bi.nɔ̃/ 		lambinez
/lɑ̃.bi.ne/ 		lambinent
/lɑ̃.bin/
imperfect lambinais
/lɑ̃.bi.nɛ/ 		lambinais
/lɑ̃.bi.nɛ/ 		lambinait
/lɑ̃.bi.nɛ/ 		lambinions
/lɑ̃.bi.njɔ̃/ 		lambiniez
/lɑ̃.bi.nje/ 		lambinaient
/lɑ̃.bi.nɛ/
past historic2 lambinai
/lɑ̃.bi.ne/ 		lambinas
/lɑ̃.bi.na/ 		lambina
/lɑ̃.bi.na/ 		lambinâmes
/lɑ̃.bi.nam/ 		lambinâtes
/lɑ̃.bi.nat/ 		lambinèrent
/lɑ̃.bi.nɛʁ/
future lambinerai
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁe/ 		lambineras
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁa/ 		lambinera
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁa/ 		lambinerons
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/ 		lambinerez
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁe/ 		lambineront
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lambinerais
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁɛ/ 		lambinerais
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁɛ/ 		lambinerait
/lɑ̃.bin.ʁɛ/ 		lambinerions
/lɑ̃.bi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lambineriez
/lɑ̃.bi.nə.ʁje/ 		lambineraient
/lɑ̃.bin.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 lambine
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambines
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambine
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		lambinions
/lɑ̃.bi.njɔ̃/ 		lambiniez
/lɑ̃.bi.nje/ 		lambinent
/lɑ̃.bin/
imperfect2 lambinasse
/lɑ̃.bi.nas/ 		lambinasses
/lɑ̃.bi.nas/ 		lambinât
/lɑ̃.bi.na/ 		lambinassions
/lɑ̃.bi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		lambinassiez
/lɑ̃.bi.na.sje/ 		lambinassent
/lɑ̃.bi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lambine
/lɑ̃.bin/ 		— lambinons
/lɑ̃.bi.nɔ̃/ 		lambinez
/lɑ̃.bi.ne/ 		—
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).

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