gifler

French

Etymology

From gifle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.fle/

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Verb

gifler

1. to slap (on the face)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gifler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gifler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	giflant /ʒi.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		giflé /ʒi.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gifle /ʒifl/	gifles /ʒifl/	gifle /ʒifl/	giflons /ʒi.flɔ̃/	giflez /ʒi.fle/	giflent /ʒifl/
	imperfect	giflais /ʒi.flɛ/	giflais /ʒi.flɛ/	giflait /ʒi.flɛ/	giflions /ʒi.fli.jɔ̃/	gifliez /ʒi.fli.je/	giflaient /ʒi.flɛ/
	past historic2	giflai /ʒi.fle/	giflas /ʒi.fla/	gifla /ʒi.fla/	giflâmes /ʒi.flam/	giflâtes /ʒi.flat/	giflèrent /ʒi.flɛʁ/
	future	giflerai /ʒi.flə.ʁe/	gifleras /ʒi.flə.ʁa/	giflera /ʒi.flə.ʁa/	giflerons /ʒi.flə.ʁɔ̃/	giflerez /ʒi.flə.ʁe/	gifleront /ʒi.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	giflerais /ʒi.flə.ʁɛ/	giflerais /ʒi.flə.ʁɛ/	giflerait /ʒi.flə.ʁɛ/	giflerions /ʒi.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	gifleriez /ʒi.flə.ʁje/	gifleraient /ʒi.flə.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	gifle /ʒifl/	gifles /ʒifl/	gifle /ʒifl/	giflions /ʒi.fli.jɔ̃/	gifliez /ʒi.fli.je/	giflent /ʒifl/
	imperfect2	giflasse /ʒi.flas/	giflasses /ʒi.flas/	giflât /ʒi.fla/	giflassions /ʒi.fla.sjɔ̃/	giflassiez /ʒi.fla.sje/	giflassent /ʒi.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gifle /ʒifl/	—	giflons /ʒi.flɔ̃/	giflez /ʒi.fle/	—
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

• gifle

Further reading

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