pimper

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.pe/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps expressive.

Verb

pimper

1. (reflexive, Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) to dress well

Conjugation

Conjugation of se pimper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se pimper
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se pimpant /sə pɛ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		pimpé /pɛ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/	te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/	se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/	nous pimpons /nu pɛ̃.pɔ̃/	vous pimpez /vu pɛ̃.pe/	se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/
	imperfect	me pimpais /mə pɛ̃.pɛ/	te pimpais /tə pɛ̃.pɛ/	se pimpait /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/	nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/	vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/	se pimpaient /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	me pimpai /mə pɛ̃.pe/	te pimpas /tə pɛ̃.pa/	se pimpa /sə pɛ̃.pa/	nous pimpâmes /nu pɛ̃.pam/	vous pimpâtes /vu pɛ̃.pat/	se pimpèrent /sə pɛ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	me pimperai /mə pɛ̃.pʁe/	te pimperas /tə pɛ̃.pʁa/	se pimpera /sə pɛ̃.pʁa/	nous pimperons /nu pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/	vous pimperez /vu pɛ̃.pʁe/	se pimperont /sə pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me pimperais /mə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	te pimperais /tə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	se pimperait /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	nous pimperions /nu pɛ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous pimperiez /vu pɛ̃.pə.ʁje/	se pimperaient /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/	te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/	se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/	nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/	vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/	se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/
	imperfect2	me pimpasse /mə pɛ̃.pas/	te pimpasses /tə pɛ̃.pas/	se pimpât /sə pɛ̃.pa/	nous pimpassions /nu pɛ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	vous pimpassiez /vu pɛ̃.pa.sje/	se pimpassent /sə pɛ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pimpe-toi /pɛ̃p.twa/	—	pimpons-nous /pɛ̃.pɔ̃.nu/	pimpez-vous /pɛ̃.pe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Etymology 2

From English to pimp (African-American Vernacular) +‎ -er, from Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar (see above).

Verb

pimper

1. (slang) to pimp out/pimp up, to beautify, to fancify, to make stylish, to make gaudy

Further reading

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

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Verb

pimper

1. inflection of pimpern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative