écoper

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French

Etymology

From écope +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kɔ.pe/
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Verb

écoper

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to bail out
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to get, to be on the receiving end of
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Il va vraisemblablement écoper d’une retenue sur salaire et d’un sursis, rien de bien terrible.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2024 July 15, Marguerite Dégez, “Il avait poignardé un ado pour venger sa petite amie”, in La Provence, page 14:
      Tateos, 25 ans, a écopé de 30 moins de prison ferme. En avril 2019, il avait blessé un jeune dont les amis avaient tabassé sa compagne à Plan-de-Cuques.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of écoper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écoper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écopant
/e.kɔ.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écopé
/e.kɔ.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écope
/e.kɔp/ 		écopes
/e.kɔp/ 		écope
/e.kɔp/ 		écopons
/e.kɔ.pɔ̃/ 		écopez
/e.kɔ.pe/ 		écopent
/e.kɔp/
imperfect écopais
/e.kɔ.pɛ/ 		écopais
/e.kɔ.pɛ/ 		écopait
/e.kɔ.pɛ/ 		écopions
/e.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		écopiez
/e.kɔ.pje/ 		écopaient
/e.kɔ.pɛ/
past historic2 écopai
/e.kɔ.pe/ 		écopas
/e.kɔ.pa/ 		écopa
/e.kɔ.pa/ 		écopâmes
/e.kɔ.pam/ 		écopâtes
/e.kɔ.pat/ 		écopèrent
/e.kɔ.pɛʁ/
future écoperai
/e.kɔ.pʁe/ 		écoperas
/e.kɔ.pʁa/ 		écopera
/e.kɔ.pʁa/ 		écoperons
/e.kɔ.pʁɔ̃/ 		écoperez
/e.kɔ.pʁe/ 		écoperont
/e.kɔ.pʁɔ̃/
conditional écoperais
/e.kɔ.pʁɛ/ 		écoperais
/e.kɔ.pʁɛ/ 		écoperait
/e.kɔ.pʁɛ/ 		écoperions
/e.kɔ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écoperiez
/e.kɔ.pə.ʁje/ 		écoperaient
/e.kɔ.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 écope
/e.kɔp/ 		écopes
/e.kɔp/ 		écope
/e.kɔp/ 		écopions
/e.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		écopiez
/e.kɔ.pje/ 		écopent
/e.kɔp/
imperfect2 écopasse
/e.kɔ.pas/ 		écopasses
/e.kɔ.pas/ 		écopât
/e.kɔ.pa/ 		écopassions
/e.kɔ.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		écopassiez
/e.kɔ.pa.sje/ 		écopassent
/e.kɔ.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écope
/e.kɔp/ 		— écopons
/e.kɔ.pɔ̃/ 		écopez
/e.kɔ.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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