achopper

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ chopper.

Pronunciation

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Verb

achopper

1. (intransitive) to stumble (on a stone)
2. (intransitive, figurative) to hit a snag, find oneself up against something, to make a mistake, fail
3. (reflexive) to hit a snag, to make a mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of achopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	achopper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	achoppant /a.ʃɔ.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		achoppé /a.ʃɔ.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	achoppe /a.ʃɔp/	achoppes /a.ʃɔp/	achoppe /a.ʃɔp/	achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/	achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/	achoppent /a.ʃɔp/
	imperfect	achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/	achoppais /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/	achoppait /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/	achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/	achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/	achoppaient /a.ʃɔ.pɛ/
	past historic2	achoppai /a.ʃɔ.pe/	achoppas /a.ʃɔ.pa/	achoppa /a.ʃɔ.pa/	achoppâmes /a.ʃɔ.pam/	achoppâtes /a.ʃɔ.pat/	achoppèrent /a.ʃɔ.pɛʁ/
	future	achopperai /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/	achopperas /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/	achoppera /a.ʃɔ.pʁa/	achopperons /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/	achopperez /a.ʃɔ.pʁe/	achopperont /a.ʃɔ.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	achopperais /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	achopperait /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/	achopperions /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	achopperiez /a.ʃɔ.pə.ʁje/	achopperaient /a.ʃɔ.pʁɛ/
(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	achoppe /a.ʃɔp/	achoppes /a.ʃɔp/	achoppe /a.ʃɔp/	achoppions /a.ʃɔ.pjɔ̃/	achoppiez /a.ʃɔ.pje/	achoppent /a.ʃɔp/
	imperfect2	achoppasse /a.ʃɔ.pas/	achoppasses /a.ʃɔ.pas/	achoppât /a.ʃɔ.pa/	achoppassions /a.ʃɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/	achoppassiez /a.ʃɔ.pa.sje/	achoppassent /a.ʃɔ.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	achoppe /a.ʃɔp/	—	achoppons /a.ʃɔ.pɔ̃/	achoppez /a.ʃɔ.pe/	—
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).

Related terms

• achoppement
• chopper

Further reading

• “achopper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.