griffer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French grifer, either deverbal from griffe, which see, or from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Doublet of gripper.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
griffer
- to scratch
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of griffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | griffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | griffant /ɡʁi.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | griffé /ɡʁi.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | griffe /ɡʁif/ |
griffes /ɡʁif/ |
griffe /ɡʁif/ |
griffons /ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ |
griffez /ɡʁi.fe/ |
griffent /ɡʁif/ |
| imperfect | griffais /ɡʁi.fɛ/ |
griffais /ɡʁi.fɛ/ |
griffait /ɡʁi.fɛ/ |
griffions /ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
griffiez /ɡʁi.fje/ |
griffaient /ɡʁi.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | griffai /ɡʁi.fe/ |
griffas /ɡʁi.fa/ |
griffa /ɡʁi.fa/ |
griffâmes /ɡʁi.fam/ |
griffâtes /ɡʁi.fat/ |
griffèrent /ɡʁi.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | grifferai /ɡʁi.fʁe/ |
grifferas /ɡʁi.fʁa/ |
griffera /ɡʁi.fʁa/ |
grifferons /ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/ |
grifferez /ɡʁi.fʁe/ |
grifferont /ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grifferais /ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ |
grifferais /ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ |
grifferait /ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ |
grifferions /ɡʁi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grifferiez /ɡʁi.fə.ʁje/ |
grifferaient /ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | griffe /ɡʁif/ |
griffes /ɡʁif/ |
griffe /ɡʁif/ |
griffions /ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
griffiez /ɡʁi.fje/ |
griffent /ɡʁif/ |
| imperfect2 | griffasse /ɡʁi.fas/ |
griffasses /ɡʁi.fas/ |
griffât /ɡʁi.fa/ |
griffassions /ɡʁi.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
griffassiez /ɡʁi.fa.sje/ |
griffassent /ɡʁi.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | griffe /ɡʁif/ |
— | griffons /ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ |
griffez /ɡʁi.fe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “griffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.