greffer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French greffer, from greffe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛ.fe/ ~ /ɡʁe.fe/

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Verb

greffer

1. (transitive) to transplant, to graft

   Synonym: enter

Conjugation

Conjugation of greffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	greffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	greffant /ɡʁɛ.fɑ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		greffé /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	greffe /ɡʁɛf/	greffes /ɡʁɛf/	greffe /ɡʁɛf/	greffons /ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/	greffez /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/	greffent /ɡʁɛf/
	imperfect	greffais /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/	greffais /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/	greffait /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/	greffions /ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/	greffiez /ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/	greffaient /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/
	past historic2	greffai /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/	greffas /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/	greffa /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/	greffâmes /ɡʁɛ.fam/ or /ɡʁe.fam/	greffâtes /ɡʁɛ.fat/ or /ɡʁe.fat/	greffèrent /ɡʁɛ.fɛʁ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛʁ/
	future	grefferai /ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/	grefferas /ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/	greffera /ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/	grefferons /ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/	grefferez /ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/	grefferont /ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grefferais /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/	grefferais /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/	grefferait /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/	grefferions /ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	grefferiez /ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁje/	grefferaient /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.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	greffe /ɡʁɛf/	greffes /ɡʁɛf/	greffe /ɡʁɛf/	greffions /ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/	greffiez /ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/	greffent /ɡʁɛf/
	imperfect2	greffasse /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/	greffasses /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/	greffât /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/	greffassions /ɡʁɛ.fa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sjɔ̃/	greffassiez /ɡʁɛ.fa.sje/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sje/	greffassent /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	greffe /ɡʁɛf/	—	greffons /ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/	greffez /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.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: 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).

Derived terms

• greffeur
• les arbres à noyau se greffent sur des arbres à noyau

Related terms

• greffon
• greffe

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From greffe (“graft”) +‎ -er.

Verb

greffer (gerund greff'thie or greff'sie)

1. (Jersey) to graft, transplant

Derived terms

• greffage (“transplant”)
• greffeux (“grafting knife”)