French Verb tilt: basculer
(also to tip over, teeter, topple, seesaw ...)

            The French verb for tilt is the regular ER verb basculer. It also means to tip over, topple or to seesaw.

To remember this imagine the BUSKER and lady in a BASQUE tilting on the SEESAW. You could also replace the BASQUE with a BASKING shark, a BUS ... take you pick ... use what suits you! Related words/phrases are:
  • la bascule: seesaw, rocker, a device to weigh things or animals. Imagine a lady BUSKER (f) on the seesaw ... the lady reminds you that the noun is feminine.
  • le pont bascule, pont basculant: bascule bridge, drawbridge
  • le mouvement de bascule: rocking movement
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to tilt, topple, seesaw, tip over: basculer
Imagine a BASQUE and a BUSKER tilt on a seesaw!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE basculer
Simple Tenses basculer
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent
tilt, seesaw		 bascule bascules bascule basculons basculez basculent
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
tilted		 basculais basculais basculait basculions basculiez basculaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple
tilted		 basculai basculas bascula basculâmes basculâtes basculèrent
Future
Futur
will tilt, seesaw		 basculerai basculeras basculera basculerons basculerez basculeront
Conditional
Conditionnel
would tilt, seesaw		 basculerais basculerais basculerait basculerions basculeriez basculeraient
Subjunctive
Subjonctif
may tilt, seesaw		 bascule bascules bascule basculions basculiez basculent
Compound Tenses basculer
Present Perfect
Passé Composé
have tilted		 ai basculé as basculé a basculé avons basculé avez basculé ont basculé
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait
had tilted		 avais basculé avais basculé avait basculé avions basculé aviez basculé avaient basculé
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur
will have 		aurai basculé auras basculé aura basculé aurons basculé aurez basculé auront basculé
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé
would have tilted		 aurais basculé aurais basculé aurait basculé aurions basculé auriez basculé auraient basculé
Imperative
Imperatif
tilt, seesaw!		 bascule basculons basculez

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        MORE on the FRENCH VERB basculer        

la-chaise-a-basculer
cheval-a-basculer
la-caisse-basculante
le pont basculant
  • la chaise à basculer: rocking chair
  • le cheval à basculer: rocking horse
  • faire basculer: to tip up, to cause something or someone to tip off-balance
  • faire la bascule: to rock, to see-saw
  • la balance à bascule: scales for weighing
  • basculant: something that rocks, tilts, topples
  • une caisse basculante: a tip-tray (on a tip-truck)

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  • The French verb for tilt, basculer is another regular ER verb conjugated using the same pattern of endings as 5,000+ other regular ER verbs.
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