coiffer
French
Etymology
From coiffe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.fe/
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Verb
coiffer
- (transitive) to cover the head
- (transitive) to give a haircut; to do the hair of
- (reflexive) to do one's own hair
Conjugation
Conjugation of coiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | coiffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | coiffant /kwa.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coiffé /kwa.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | coiffe /kwaf/ | coiffes /kwaf/ | coiffe /kwaf/ | coiffons /kwa.fɔ̃/ | coiffez /kwa.fe/ | coiffent /kwaf/ |
| imperfect | coiffais /kwa.fɛ/ | coiffais /kwa.fɛ/ | coiffait /kwa.fɛ/ | coiffions /kwa.fjɔ̃/ | coiffiez /kwa.fje/ | coiffaient /kwa.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | coiffai /kwa.fe/ | coiffas /kwa.fa/ | coiffa /kwa.fa/ | coiffâmes /kwa.fam/ | coiffâtes /kwa.fat/ | coiffèrent /kwa.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | coifferai /kwa.fʁe/ | coifferas /kwa.fʁa/ | coiffera /kwa.fʁa/ | coifferons /kwa.fʁɔ̃/ | coifferez /kwa.fʁe/ | coifferont /kwa.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | coifferais /kwa.fʁɛ/ | coifferais /kwa.fʁɛ/ | coifferait /kwa.fʁɛ/ | coifferions /kwa.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | coifferiez /kwa.fə.ʁje/ | coifferaient /kwa.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 | coiffe /kwaf/ | coiffes /kwaf/ | coiffe /kwaf/ | coiffions /kwa.fjɔ̃/ | coiffiez /kwa.fje/ | coiffent /kwaf/ |
| imperfect2 | coiffasse /kwa.fas/ | coiffasses /kwa.fas/ | coiffât /kwa.fa/ | coiffassions /kwa.fa.sjɔ̃/ | coiffassiez /kwa.fa.sje/ | coiffassent /kwa.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | coiffe /kwaf/ | — | coiffons /kwa.fɔ̃/ | coiffez /kwa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- coiffer au poteau/coiffer sur le poteau
- coiffeur/coiffeuse
- coiffure
Further reading
- “coiffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.