Grammatical class

Adjective

bavard

(overly) chatty, talkative, garrulous

Details

Syllables

ba-vard

Phonetics

ba.vaʁ

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

14841

Freq. (movies)

17486

Freq. (news)

21622

Variants

Sentences

Tu es bavard.

You're talkative.

A1

Il est bavard.

He's talkative.

A1

J'étais bavard.

I was talkative.

A1

Tom était bavard.

Tom was talkative.

A1

Tom n'est plus aussi bavard qu'avant.

Tom isn't as talkative as he used to be.

A2

Je sais que tu n'es pas vraiment ennuyeux. Tu n'es juste pas bavard.

I know that you're not really boring. You're just not talkative.

A2

Ces jeunots n’ont pas l’air du genre bavards.

These young people do not seem to be the talkative type.

B1