agriffer

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French

Etymology

From griffe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

agriffer

  1. to claw
  2. to grasp

Conjugation

Conjugation of agriffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple agriffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple agriffant
/a.ɡʁi.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle agriffé
/a.ɡʁi.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agriffe
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffes
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffe
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffons
/a.ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ 		agriffez
/a.ɡʁi.fe/ 		agriffent
/a.ɡʁif/
imperfect agriffais
/a.ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		agriffais
/a.ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		agriffait
/a.ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		agriffions
/a.ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		agriffiez
/a.ɡʁi.fje/ 		agriffaient
/a.ɡʁi.fɛ/
past historic2 agriffai
/a.ɡʁi.fe/ 		agriffas
/a.ɡʁi.fa/ 		agriffa
/a.ɡʁi.fa/ 		agriffâmes
/a.ɡʁi.fam/ 		agriffâtes
/a.ɡʁi.fat/ 		agriffèrent
/a.ɡʁi.fɛʁ/
future agrifferai
/a.ɡʁi.fʁe/ 		agrifferas
/a.ɡʁi.fʁa/ 		agriffera
/a.ɡʁi.fʁa/ 		agrifferons
/a.ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/ 		agrifferez
/a.ɡʁi.fʁe/ 		agrifferont
/a.ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/
conditional agrifferais
/a.ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		agrifferais
/a.ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		agrifferait
/a.ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		agrifferions
/a.ɡʁi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		agrifferiez
/a.ɡʁi.fə.ʁje/ 		agrifferaient
/a.ɡʁi.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 agriffe
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffes
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffe
/a.ɡʁif/ 		agriffions
/a.ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		agriffiez
/a.ɡʁi.fje/ 		agriffent
/a.ɡʁif/
imperfect2 agriffasse
/a.ɡʁi.fas/ 		agriffasses
/a.ɡʁi.fas/ 		agriffât
/a.ɡʁi.fa/ 		agriffassions
/a.ɡʁi.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		agriffassiez
/a.ɡʁi.fa.sje/ 		agriffassent
/a.ɡʁi.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — agriffe
/a.ɡʁif/ 		— agriffons
/a.ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ 		agriffez
/a.ɡʁi.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:
  • 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).

Further reading

Poitevin-Saintongeais

Verb

agriffer

  1. to scratch

References

  • Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 40.
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