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balbutier
01
to stutter, to babble
avoir du mal à parler clairement, souvent à cause de nervosité ou d'émotion
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Auxiliary verb
avoir
1st person singular
balbutie
1st person plural
balbutions
Future 1st person
balbutierai
Present participle
balbutiant
Past participle
balbutié
Imperfect 1st person plural
balbutiions
Examples
Il balbutie quand il doit parler en public.
He stutters when he has to speak in public.
02
to be in its infancy, to begin hesitantly
débuter avec des difficultés, avancer lentement ou timidement
Examples
Le projet balbutie encore cette année.
The project is still in its infancy this year.
