pimper
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.pe/
Etymology 1
From Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar.
Verb
pimper
- (reflexive, Louisiana, Cajun, St.Mary Parish) to dress well
Conjugation
Conjugation of se pimper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se pimper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se pimpant /sə pɛ̃.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pimpé /pɛ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/ | te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/ | se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/ | nous pimpons /nu pɛ̃.pɔ̃/ | vous pimpez /vu pɛ̃.pe/ | se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/ |
| imperfect | me pimpais /mə pɛ̃.pɛ/ | te pimpais /tə pɛ̃.pɛ/ | se pimpait /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/ | nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/ | vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/ | se pimpaient /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me pimpai /mə pɛ̃.pe/ | te pimpas /tə pɛ̃.pa/ | se pimpa /sə pɛ̃.pa/ | nous pimpâmes /nu pɛ̃.pam/ | vous pimpâtes /vu pɛ̃.pat/ | se pimpèrent /sə pɛ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | me pimperai /mə pɛ̃.pʁe/ | te pimperas /tə pɛ̃.pʁa/ | se pimpera /sə pɛ̃.pʁa/ | nous pimperons /nu pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | vous pimperez /vu pɛ̃.pʁe/ | se pimperont /sə pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me pimperais /mə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/ | te pimperais /tə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/ | se pimperait /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/ | nous pimperions /nu pɛ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous pimperiez /vu pɛ̃.pə.ʁje/ | se pimperaient /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/ | te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/ | se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/ | nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/ | vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/ | se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | me pimpasse /mə pɛ̃.pas/ | te pimpasses /tə pɛ̃.pas/ | se pimpât /sə pɛ̃.pa/ | nous pimpassions /nu pɛ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ | vous pimpassiez /vu pɛ̃.pa.sje/ | se pimpassent /sə pɛ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pimpe-toi /pɛ̃p.twa/ | — | pimpons-nous /pɛ̃.pɔ̃.nu/ | pimpez-vous /pɛ̃.pe.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Etymology 2
From English to pimp (African-American Vernacular) + -er, from Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar.
Verb
pimper
- (slang) to pimp out/pimp up, to beautify, to fancify, to make stylish, to make gaudy
Further reading
- “pimper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
pimper
- inflection of pimpern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative