duper
English
Etymology
From dupe + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈduː.pə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdu.pɚ/
- Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Noun
duper (plural dupers)
- a person who dupes another
See also
- super-duper (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
- Dupre, Prude, drupe, perdu, prude, pured, red up, red-up
French
Etymology
From Middle French duppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.pe/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /dzʏ.pe/
Audio (file)
Verb
duper
- to trick, fool, dupe
Conjugation
Conjugation of duper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | duper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dupant /dy.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dupé /dy.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dupe /dyp/ | dupes /dyp/ | dupe /dyp/ | dupons /dy.pɔ̃/ | dupez /dy.pe/ | dupent /dyp/ |
| imperfect | dupais /dy.pɛ/ | dupais /dy.pɛ/ | dupait /dy.pɛ/ | dupions /dy.pjɔ̃/ | dupiez /dy.pje/ | dupaient /dy.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dupai /dy.pe/ | dupas /dy.pa/ | dupa /dy.pa/ | dupâmes /dy.pam/ | dupâtes /dy.pat/ | dupèrent /dy.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | duperai /dy.pʁe/ | duperas /dy.pʁa/ | dupera /dy.pʁa/ | duperons /dy.pʁɔ̃/ | duperez /dy.pʁe/ | duperont /dy.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | duperais /dy.pʁɛ/ | duperais /dy.pʁɛ/ | duperait /dy.pʁɛ/ | duperions /dy.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | duperiez /dy.pə.ʁje/ | duperaient /dy.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 | dupe /dyp/ | dupes /dyp/ | dupe /dyp/ | dupions /dy.pjɔ̃/ | dupiez /dy.pje/ | dupent /dyp/ |
| imperfect2 | dupasse /dy.pas/ | dupasses /dy.pas/ | dupât /dy.pa/ | dupassions /dy.pa.sjɔ̃/ | dupassiez /dy.pa.sje/ | dupassent /dy.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dupe /dyp/ | — | dupons /dy.pɔ̃/ | dupez /dy.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- German: düpieren
Further reading
- “duper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- drupe, perdu