diaprer

French

Etymology

From Old French diaspre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.pʁe/

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Verb

diaprer

1. (transitive) to variegate, diaper; to iridize
   • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier jour d'un condamné, section II:

     Je demeurais immobile, l’esprit à demi endormi, la bouche souriante, l’œil fixé sur cette douce réverbération dorée qui diaprait le plafond.
     I stayed motionless, my spirit half-asleep, my mouth smiling, my eye fixed on that soft, golden echo sparkling on the ceiling.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of diaprer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diaprer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	diaprant /dja.pʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		diapré /dja.pʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	diapre /djapʁ/	diapres /djapʁ/	diapre /djapʁ/	diaprons /dja.pʁɔ̃/	diaprez /dja.pʁe/	diaprent /djapʁ/
	imperfect	diaprais /dja.pʁɛ/	diaprais /dja.pʁɛ/	diaprait /dja.pʁɛ/	diaprions /dja.pʁi.jɔ̃/	diapriez /dja.pʁi.je/	diapraient /dja.pʁɛ/
	past historic2	diaprai /dja.pʁe/	diapras /dja.pʁa/	diapra /dja.pʁa/	diaprâmes /dja.pʁam/	diaprâtes /dja.pʁat/	diaprèrent /dja.pʁɛʁ/
	future	diaprerai /dja.pʁə.ʁe/	diapreras /dja.pʁə.ʁa/	diaprera /dja.pʁə.ʁa/	diaprerons /dja.pʁə.ʁɔ̃/	diaprerez /dja.pʁə.ʁe/	diapreront /dja.pʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	diaprerais /dja.pʁə.ʁɛ/	diaprerais /dja.pʁə.ʁɛ/	diaprerait /dja.pʁə.ʁɛ/	diaprerions /dja.pʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	diapreriez /dja.pʁə.ʁje/	diapreraient /dja.pʁə.ʁɛ/
(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	diapre /djapʁ/	diapres /djapʁ/	diapre /djapʁ/	diaprions /dja.pʁi.jɔ̃/	diapriez /dja.pʁi.je/	diaprent /djapʁ/
	imperfect2	diaprasse /dja.pʁas/	diaprasses /dja.pʁas/	diaprât /dja.pʁa/	diaprassions /dja.pʁa.sjɔ̃/	diaprassiez /dja.pʁa.sje/	diaprassent /dja.pʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	diapre /djapʁ/	—	diaprons /dja.pʁɔ̃/	diaprez /dja.pʁe/	—
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

• diapré
• diaprerie
• diaprure

Further reading

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