piffer

See also: Piffer

French

Etymology

From pif (“nose”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.fe/

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Verb

piffer

1. (transitive, informal, chiefly in the negative) to stand, put up with

Conjugation

Conjugation of piffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	piffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	piffant /pi.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		piffé /pi.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	piffe /pif/	piffes /pif/	piffe /pif/	piffons /pi.fɔ̃/	piffez /pi.fe/	piffent /pif/
	imperfect	piffais /pi.fɛ/	piffais /pi.fɛ/	piffait /pi.fɛ/	piffions /pi.fjɔ̃/	piffiez /pi.fje/	piffaient /pi.fɛ/
	past historic2	piffai /pi.fe/	piffas /pi.fa/	piffa /pi.fa/	piffâmes /pi.fam/	piffâtes /pi.fat/	piffèrent /pi.fɛʁ/
	future	pifferai /pi.fʁe/	pifferas /pi.fʁa/	piffera /pi.fʁa/	pifferons /pi.fʁɔ̃/	pifferez /pi.fʁe/	pifferont /pi.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pifferais /pi.fʁɛ/	pifferais /pi.fʁɛ/	pifferait /pi.fʁɛ/	pifferions /pi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	pifferiez /pi.fə.ʁje/	pifferaient /pi.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	piffe /pif/	piffes /pif/	piffe /pif/	piffions /pi.fjɔ̃/	piffiez /pi.fje/	piffent /pif/
	imperfect2	piffasse /pi.fas/	piffasses /pi.fas/	piffât /pi.fa/	piffassions /pi.fa.sjɔ̃/	piffassiez /pi.fa.sje/	piffassent /pi.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	piffe /pif/	—	piffons /pi.fɔ̃/	piffez /pi.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).

Further reading

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