louper
French
Etymology
From loup (“flaw”) + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
louper
- to miss
- to fail
Conjugation
Conjugation of louper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | louper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | loupant /lu.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | loupé /lu.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | loupe /lup/ | loupes /lup/ | loupe /lup/ | loupons /lu.pɔ̃/ | loupez /lu.pe/ | loupent /lup/ |
imperfect | loupais /lu.pɛ/ | loupais /lu.pɛ/ | loupait /lu.pɛ/ | loupions /lu.pjɔ̃/ | loupiez /lu.pje/ | loupaient /lu.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | loupai /lu.pe/ | loupas /lu.pa/ | loupa /lu.pa/ | loupâmes /lu.pam/ | loupâtes /lu.pat/ | loupèrent /lu.pɛʁ/ | |
future | louperai /lu.pʁe/ | louperas /lu.pʁa/ | loupera /lu.pʁa/ | louperons /lu.pʁɔ̃/ | louperez /lu.pʁe/ | louperont /lu.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | louperais /lu.pʁɛ/ | louperais /lu.pʁɛ/ | louperait /lu.pʁɛ/ | louperions /lu.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | louperiez /lu.pə.ʁje/ | louperaient /lu.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 | loupe /lup/ | loupes /lup/ | loupe /lup/ | loupions /lu.pjɔ̃/ | loupiez /lu.pje/ | loupent /lup/ |
imperfect2 | loupasse /lu.pas/ | loupasses /lu.pas/ | loupât /lu.pa/ | loupassions /lu.pa.sjɔ̃/ | loupassiez /lu.pa.sje/ | loupassent /lu.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | loupe /lup/ | — | loupons /lu.pɔ̃/ | loupez /lu.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
- louper le coche
Further reading
- “louper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.