lamper
English
Etymology 1
lamp + -er
Noun
lamper (plural lampers)
- One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.
- Synonyms: jacklighter, spotlighter
Noun
lamper (plural lampers)
- (dialect) A lamprey.
Anagrams
- LaPerm, Marple, Palmer, ampler, palmer, relamp, repalm
Danish
Noun
lamper c
- indefinite plural of lampe
French
Etymology
See laper (“to lap up”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑ̃.pe/
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Verb
lamper
- (transitive) to quaff, to swig
Conjugation
Conjugation of lamper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lamper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lampant /lɑ̃.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lampé /lɑ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | lampe /lɑ̃p/ | lampes /lɑ̃p/ | lampe /lɑ̃p/ | lampons /lɑ̃.pɔ̃/ | lampez /lɑ̃.pe/ | lampent /lɑ̃p/ |
| imperfect | lampais /lɑ̃.pɛ/ | lampais /lɑ̃.pɛ/ | lampait /lɑ̃.pɛ/ | lampions /lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/ | lampiez /lɑ̃.pje/ | lampaient /lɑ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lampai /lɑ̃.pe/ | lampas /lɑ̃.pa/ | lampa /lɑ̃.pa/ | lampâmes /lɑ̃.pam/ | lampâtes /lɑ̃.pat/ | lampèrent /lɑ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | lamperai /lɑ̃.pʁe/ | lamperas /lɑ̃.pʁa/ | lampera /lɑ̃.pʁa/ | lamperons /lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | lamperez /lɑ̃.pʁe/ | lamperont /lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lamperais /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ | lamperais /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ | lamperait /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ | lamperions /lɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | lamperiez /lɑ̃.pə.ʁje/ | lamperaient /lɑ̃.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 | lampe /lɑ̃p/ | lampes /lɑ̃p/ | lampe /lɑ̃p/ | lampions /lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/ | lampiez /lɑ̃.pje/ | lampent /lɑ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | lampasse /lɑ̃.pas/ | lampasses /lɑ̃.pas/ | lampât /lɑ̃.pa/ | lampassions /lɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ | lampassiez /lɑ̃.pa.sje/ | lampassent /lɑ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lampe /lɑ̃p/ | — | lampons /lɑ̃.pɔ̃/ | lampez /lɑ̃.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
- lampée
Further reading
- “lamper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Bratchet, A. (1873), “lamper”, in , Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lamper m or f
- indefinite plural of lampe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- lampar
Noun
lamper m or f
- indefinite feminine plural of lampe