tapiner
French
Etymology
tapin + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.pi.ne/
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Verb
tapiner
- (slang) to go on the game (to work as a prostitute)
- Synonyms: racoler, faire le tapin, faire le trottoir
- (slang, by extension) to work, to hustle
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tapiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tapinant /ta.pi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tapiné /ta.pi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tapine /ta.pin/ | tapines /ta.pin/ | tapine /ta.pin/ | tapinons /ta.pi.nɔ̃/ | tapinez /ta.pi.ne/ | tapinent /ta.pin/ |
imperfect | tapinais /ta.pi.nɛ/ | tapinais /ta.pi.nɛ/ | tapinait /ta.pi.nɛ/ | tapinions /ta.pi.njɔ̃/ | tapiniez /ta.pi.nje/ | tapinaient /ta.pi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tapinai /ta.pi.ne/ | tapinas /ta.pi.na/ | tapina /ta.pi.na/ | tapinâmes /ta.pi.nam/ | tapinâtes /ta.pi.nat/ | tapinèrent /ta.pi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | tapinerai /ta.pin.ʁe/ | tapineras /ta.pin.ʁa/ | tapinera /ta.pin.ʁa/ | tapinerons /ta.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | tapinerez /ta.pin.ʁe/ | tapineront /ta.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tapinerais /ta.pin.ʁɛ/ | tapinerais /ta.pin.ʁɛ/ | tapinerait /ta.pin.ʁɛ/ | tapinerions /ta.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tapineriez /ta.pi.nə.ʁje/ | tapineraient /ta.pin.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | tapine /ta.pin/ | tapines /ta.pin/ | tapine /ta.pin/ | tapinions /ta.pi.njɔ̃/ | tapiniez /ta.pi.nje/ | tapinent /ta.pin/ |
imperfect2 | tapinasse /ta.pi.nas/ | tapinasses /ta.pi.nas/ | tapinât /ta.pi.na/ | tapinassions /ta.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ | tapinassiez /ta.pi.na.sje/ | tapinassent /ta.pi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tapine /ta.pin/ | — | tapinons /ta.pi.nɔ̃/ | tapinez /ta.pi.ne/ | — | |
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
- tapinage
Further reading
- “tapiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.