gripper
English
Etymology
grip + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪp.ə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪpɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Noun
gripper (plural grippers)
- A person or thing that grips something.
- 1998, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (page 1061)
- In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […]
- 1998, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (page 1061)
- A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- 2004, Micah Laaker, Christopher Schmitt, Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less (page 43)
- To move the options bar from its default location at the top of the screen to a new location, click the gripper on the option bar's left edge and drag it to its new location.
- 2004, Micah Laaker, Christopher Schmitt, Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less (page 43)
Derived terms
- microgripper
French
Etymology
From Old French *gripper, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Doublet of griffer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.pe/
Audio (file)
Verb
gripper
- to grab, to grasp
Conjugation
Conjugation of gripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gripper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grippant /ɡʁi.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grippé /ɡʁi.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | grippe /ɡʁip/ | grippes /ɡʁip/ | grippe /ɡʁip/ | grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ | grippez /ɡʁi.pe/ | grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect | grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ | grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ | grippait /ɡʁi.pɛ/ | grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ | grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ | grippaient /ɡʁi.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grippai /ɡʁi.pe/ | grippas /ɡʁi.pa/ | grippa /ɡʁi.pa/ | grippâmes /ɡʁi.pam/ | grippâtes /ɡʁi.pat/ | grippèrent /ɡʁi.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | gripperai /ɡʁi.pʁe/ | gripperas /ɡʁi.pʁa/ | grippera /ɡʁi.pʁa/ | gripperons /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ | gripperez /ɡʁi.pʁe/ | gripperont /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ | gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ | gripperait /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ | gripperions /ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gripperiez /ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/ | gripperaient /ɡʁi.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 | grippe /ɡʁip/ | grippes /ɡʁip/ | grippe /ɡʁip/ | grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ | grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ | grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect2 | grippasse /ɡʁi.pas/ | grippasses /ɡʁi.pas/ | grippât /ɡʁi.pa/ | grippassions /ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/ | grippassiez /ɡʁi.pa.sje/ | grippassent /ɡʁi.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grippe /ɡʁip/ | — | grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ | grippez /ɡʁi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- grippe
Descendants
- → Spanish: gripar
Further reading
- “gripper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.