sniffer
English
Etymology
sniff + -er
Noun
sniffer (plural sniffers)
- One who sniffs.
- (informal) The nose.
- (networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- packet sniffer
- petrol sniffer
- sniffer dog
- sniffer plane
Translations
one who sniffs
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a mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic
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Anagrams
- niffers, re-sniff, resniff
French
Verb
sniffer
- to consume a drug via the nose
Conjugation
Conjugation of sniffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | sniffant /sni.fɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | sniffé /sni.fe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | sniffer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | sniffant /sni.fɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sniffe /snif/ | sniffes /snif/ | sniffe /snif/ | sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ | sniffez /sni.fe/ | sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect | sniffais /sni.fɛ/ | sniffais /sni.fɛ/ | sniffait /sni.fɛ/ | sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ | sniffiez /sni.fje/ | sniffaient /sni.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sniffai /sni.fe/ | sniffas /sni.fa/ | sniffa /sni.fa/ | sniffâmes /sni.fam/ | sniffâtes /sni.fat/ | sniffèrent /sni.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | snifferai /sni.fʁe/ | snifferas /sni.fʁa/ | sniffera /sni.fʁa/ | snifferons /sni.fʁɔ̃/ | snifferez /sni.fʁe/ | snifferont /sni.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ | snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ | snifferait /sni.fʁɛ/ | snifferions /sni.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | snifferiez /sni.fə.ʁje/ | snifferaient /sni.fʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | sniffe /snif/ | sniffes /snif/ | sniffe /snif/ | sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ | sniffiez /sni.fje/ | sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect2 | sniffasse /sni.fas/ | sniffasses /sni.fas/ | sniffât /sni.fa/ | sniffassions /sni.fa.sjɔ̃/ | sniffassiez /sni.fa.sje/ | sniffassent /sni.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sniffe /snif/ | — | sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ | sniffez /sni.fe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||