agripper

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French , from Old French agriper (“to snatch”), from Frankish *angrīpan (“to seize”), from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on-”) + *grīpaną (“to take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”). Cognate with Middle Dutch aengrīpen (“to grasp, seize”), Old High German anagrīfan (“to touch, grasp”), Old English grīpan (“to seize, snatch, take, apprehend”). More at grip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡʁi.pe/
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Verb

agripper

  1. to grip, grab, cling on to, grab hold of

Conjugation

Conjugation of agripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple agripper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple agrippant
/a.ɡʁi.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle agrippé
/a.ɡʁi.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agrippe
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippes
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippe
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippons
/a.ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ 		agrippez
/a.ɡʁi.pe/ 		agrippent
/a.ɡʁip/
imperfect agrippais
/a.ɡʁi.pɛ/ 		agrippais
/a.ɡʁi.pɛ/ 		agrippait
/a.ɡʁi.pɛ/ 		agrippions
/a.ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ 		agrippiez
/a.ɡʁi.pje/ 		agrippaient
/a.ɡʁi.pɛ/
past historic2 agrippai
/a.ɡʁi.pe/ 		agrippas
/a.ɡʁi.pa/ 		agrippa
/a.ɡʁi.pa/ 		agrippâmes
/a.ɡʁi.pam/ 		agrippâtes
/a.ɡʁi.pat/ 		agrippèrent
/a.ɡʁi.pɛʁ/
future agripperai
/a.ɡʁi.pʁe/ 		agripperas
/a.ɡʁi.pʁa/ 		agrippera
/a.ɡʁi.pʁa/ 		agripperons
/a.ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ 		agripperez
/a.ɡʁi.pʁe/ 		agripperont
/a.ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/
conditional agripperais
/a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ 		agripperais
/a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ 		agripperait
/a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ 		agripperions
/a.ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		agripperiez
/a.ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/ 		agripperaient
/a.ɡʁi.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 agrippe
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippes
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippe
/a.ɡʁip/ 		agrippions
/a.ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ 		agrippiez
/a.ɡʁi.pje/ 		agrippent
/a.ɡʁip/
imperfect2 agrippasse
/a.ɡʁi.pas/ 		agrippasses
/a.ɡʁi.pas/ 		agrippât
/a.ɡʁi.pa/ 		agrippassions
/a.ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		agrippassiez
/a.ɡʁi.pa.sje/ 		agrippassent
/a.ɡʁi.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — agrippe
/a.ɡʁip/ 		— agrippons
/a.ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ 		agrippez
/a.ɡʁi.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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