biper
See also: bíper
French
Etymology
From bip + -er, of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.pe/
Audio (file) - Homophones: bipai, bipé, bipée, bipées, bipés, bipez
Verb
biper
- to beep, to buzz (contact by phone or by beeper)
- to bleep out (censor offensive or sensitive language with a beep sound)
Conjugation
Conjugation of biper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | biper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bipant /bi.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bipé /bi.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bipe /bip/ | bipes /bip/ | bipe /bip/ | bipons /bi.pɔ̃/ | bipez /bi.pe/ | bipent /bip/ |
| imperfect | bipais /bi.pɛ/ | bipais /bi.pɛ/ | bipait /bi.pɛ/ | bipions /bi.pjɔ̃/ | bipiez /bi.pje/ | bipaient /bi.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bipai /bi.pe/ | bipas /bi.pa/ | bipa /bi.pa/ | bipâmes /bi.pam/ | bipâtes /bi.pat/ | bipèrent /bi.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | biperai /bi.pʁe/ | biperas /bi.pʁa/ | bipera /bi.pʁa/ | biperons /bi.pʁɔ̃/ | biperez /bi.pʁe/ | biperont /bi.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | biperais /bi.pʁɛ/ | biperais /bi.pʁɛ/ | biperait /bi.pʁɛ/ | biperions /bi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | biperiez /bi.pə.ʁje/ | biperaient /bi.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 | bipe /bip/ | bipes /bip/ | bipe /bip/ | bipions /bi.pjɔ̃/ | bipiez /bi.pje/ | bipent /bip/ |
| imperfect2 | bipasse /bi.pas/ | bipasses /bi.pas/ | bipât /bi.pa/ | bipassions /bi.pa.sjɔ̃/ | bipassiez /bi.pa.sje/ | bipassent /bi.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bipe /bip/ | — | bipons /bi.pɔ̃/ | bipez /bi.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
- bipeur
Polish
Alternative forms
- beeper
Etymology
Borrowed from English beeper. First attested in 1988.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.pɛr/
- Rhymes: -ipɛr
- Syllabification: bi‧per
Noun
biper m inan
- (electronics) beeper, pager (telecommunications device)
- Synonym: pager
- (colloquial) beeper (something that makes a beeping sound)
- Synonym: brzęczyk
Declension
Declension of biper
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biper | bipery |
| genitive | bipera | biperów |
| dative | biperowi | biperom |
| accusative | biper | bipery |
| instrumental | biperem | biperami |
| locative | biperze | biperach |
| vocative | biperze | bipery |
References
- Dziennik Związkowy = Polish Daily Zgoda : an American daily in the Polish language – member of United Press International. R.81, issue 74, 1988, page 15
- biper in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- biper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biper in Polish dictionaries at PWN