biffer
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Etymology 1
biff + -er
Noun
biffer (plural biffers)
- (informal) One who hits or punches; a fighter.
- (informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.
Noun
biffer (plural biffers)
- (vulgar, slang) An unattractive woman.
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.fe/
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Verb
biffer
- (transitive) to cross out, strike through
- (transitive) to cancel, annul
Conjugation
Conjugation of biffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | biffer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | biffant /bi.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | biffé /bi.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | biffe /bif/ | biffes /bif/ | biffe /bif/ | biffons /bi.fɔ̃/ | biffez /bi.fe/ | biffent /bif/ |
imperfect | biffais /bi.fɛ/ | biffais /bi.fɛ/ | biffait /bi.fɛ/ | biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/ | biffiez /bi.fje/ | biffaient /bi.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | biffai /bi.fe/ | biffas /bi.fa/ | biffa /bi.fa/ | biffâmes /bi.fam/ | biffâtes /bi.fat/ | biffèrent /bi.fɛʁ/ | |
future | bifferai /bi.fʁe/ | bifferas /bi.fʁa/ | biffera /bi.fʁa/ | bifferons /bi.fʁɔ̃/ | bifferez /bi.fʁe/ | bifferont /bi.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/ | bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/ | bifferait /bi.fʁɛ/ | bifferions /bi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bifferiez /bi.fə.ʁje/ | bifferaient /bi.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 | biffe /bif/ | biffes /bif/ | biffe /bif/ | biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/ | biffiez /bi.fje/ | biffent /bif/ |
imperfect2 | biffasse /bi.fas/ | biffasses /bi.fas/ | biffât /bi.fa/ | biffassions /bi.fa.sjɔ̃/ | biffassiez /bi.fa.sje/ | biffassent /bi.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | biffe /bif/ | — | biffons /bi.fɔ̃/ | biffez /bi.fe/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- biffage
Further reading
- “biffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
biffer m
- indefinite plural of biff