louper

French

Etymology

From loup (“flaw”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

louper

1. to miss
2. to fail

Conjugation

Conjugation of louper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	louper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	loupant /lu.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		loupé /lu.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	loupe /lup/	loupes /lup/	loupe /lup/	loupons /lu.pɔ̃/	loupez /lu.pe/	loupent /lup/
	imperfect	loupais /lu.pɛ/	loupais /lu.pɛ/	loupait /lu.pɛ/	loupions /lu.pjɔ̃/	loupiez /lu.pje/	loupaient /lu.pɛ/
	past historic2	loupai /lu.pe/	loupas /lu.pa/	loupa /lu.pa/	loupâmes /lu.pam/	loupâtes /lu.pat/	loupèrent /lu.pɛʁ/
	future	louperai /lu.pʁe/	louperas /lu.pʁa/	loupera /lu.pʁa/	louperons /lu.pʁɔ̃/	louperez /lu.pʁe/	louperont /lu.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	louperais /lu.pʁɛ/	louperais /lu.pʁɛ/	louperait /lu.pʁɛ/	louperions /lu.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	louperiez /lu.pə.ʁje/	louperaient /lu.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	loupe /lup/	loupes /lup/	loupe /lup/	loupions /lu.pjɔ̃/	loupiez /lu.pje/	loupent /lup/
	imperfect2	loupasse /lu.pas/	loupasses /lu.pas/	loupât /lu.pa/	loupassions /lu.pa.sjɔ̃/	loupassiez /lu.pa.sje/	loupassent /lu.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	loupe /lup/	—	loupons /lu.pɔ̃/	loupez /lu.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).

Derived terms

• louper le coche

Further reading

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