laper
See also: lapër
French
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, from German lappen, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to lap, lick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.pe/
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Verb
laper
- (transitive) to lap (a liquid)
Conjugation
Conjugation of laper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | laper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lapant /la.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lapé /la.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | lape /lap/ | lapes /lap/ | lape /lap/ | lapons /la.pɔ̃/ | lapez /la.pe/ | lapent /lap/ |
| imperfect | lapais /la.pɛ/ | lapais /la.pɛ/ | lapait /la.pɛ/ | lapions /la.pjɔ̃/ | lapiez /la.pje/ | lapaient /la.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lapai /la.pe/ | lapas /la.pa/ | lapa /la.pa/ | lapâmes /la.pam/ | lapâtes /la.pat/ | lapèrent /la.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | laperai /la.pʁe/ | laperas /la.pʁa/ | lapera /la.pʁa/ | laperons /la.pʁɔ̃/ | laperez /la.pʁe/ | laperont /la.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | laperais /la.pʁɛ/ | laperais /la.pʁɛ/ | laperait /la.pʁɛ/ | laperions /la.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | laperiez /la.pə.ʁje/ | laperaient /la.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 | lape /lap/ | lapes /lap/ | lape /lap/ | lapions /la.pjɔ̃/ | lapiez /la.pje/ | lapent /lap/ |
| imperfect2 | lapasse /la.pas/ | lapasses /la.pas/ | lapât /la.pa/ | lapassions /la.pa.sjɔ̃/ | lapassiez /la.pa.sje/ | lapassent /la.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lape /lap/ | — | lapons /la.pɔ̃/ | lapez /la.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “laper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Bratchet, A. (1873), “laper”, in , Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
Anagrams
- parle, parlé