chaparder
French
Etymology
Uncertain. An early etymology, adopted by Littré, suggests that the verb came from Zouave slang, coined from chat + -pard (on the model of léopard), with the primary sense of 'to stalk', but this is unlikely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.paʁ.de/
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Verb
chaparder
- (transitive) to pinch, pilfer
Conjugation
Conjugation of chaparder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | chaparder | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | chapardant /ʃa.paʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chapardé /ʃa.paʁ.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | chaparde /ʃa.paʁd/ | chapardes /ʃa.paʁd/ | chaparde /ʃa.paʁd/ | chapardons /ʃa.paʁ.dɔ̃/ | chapardez /ʃa.paʁ.de/ | chapardent /ʃa.paʁd/ |
imperfect | chapardais /ʃa.paʁ.dɛ/ | chapardais /ʃa.paʁ.dɛ/ | chapardait /ʃa.paʁ.dɛ/ | chapardions /ʃa.paʁ.djɔ̃/ | chapardiez /ʃa.paʁ.dje/ | chapardaient /ʃa.paʁ.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | chapardai /ʃa.paʁ.de/ | chapardas /ʃa.paʁ.da/ | chaparda /ʃa.paʁ.da/ | chapardâmes /ʃa.paʁ.dam/ | chapardâtes /ʃa.paʁ.dat/ | chapardèrent /ʃa.paʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
future | chaparderai /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁe/ | chaparderas /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁa/ | chapardera /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁa/ | chaparderons /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | chaparderez /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁe/ | chaparderont /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chaparderais /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | chaparderais /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | chaparderait /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | chaparderions /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | chaparderiez /ʃa.paʁ.də.ʁje/ | chaparderaient /ʃa.paʁ.də.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 | chaparde /ʃa.paʁd/ | chapardes /ʃa.paʁd/ | chaparde /ʃa.paʁd/ | chapardions /ʃa.paʁ.djɔ̃/ | chapardiez /ʃa.paʁ.dje/ | chapardent /ʃa.paʁd/ |
imperfect2 | chapardasse /ʃa.paʁ.das/ | chapardasses /ʃa.paʁ.das/ | chapardât /ʃa.paʁ.da/ | chapardassions /ʃa.paʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | chapardassiez /ʃa.paʁ.da.sje/ | chapardassent /ʃa.paʁ.das/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chaparde /ʃa.paʁd/ | — | chapardons /ʃa.paʁ.dɔ̃/ | chapardez /ʃa.paʁ.de/ | — | |
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
- chapardage
- chapardeur
Further reading
- “chaparder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.