From chef (“to stab or cut up”) + -er.
cheffer (plural cheffers)
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cheffer
infinitive | simple | cheffer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cheffant /ʃɛ.fɑ̃/ or /ʃe.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cheffé /ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cheffe /ʃɛf/ |
cheffes /ʃɛf/ |
cheffe /ʃɛf/ |
cheffons /ʃɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fɔ̃/ |
cheffez /ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/ |
cheffent /ʃɛf/ |
imperfect | cheffais /ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/ |
cheffais /ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/ |
cheffait /ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/ |
cheffions /ʃɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fjɔ̃/ |
cheffiez /ʃɛ.fje/ or /ʃe.fje/ |
cheffaient /ʃɛ.fɛ/ or /ʃe.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cheffai /ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.fe/ |
cheffas /ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/ |
cheffa /ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/ |
cheffâmes /ʃɛ.fam/ or /ʃe.fam/ |
cheffâtes /ʃɛ.fat/ or /ʃe.fat/ |
cheffèrent /ʃɛ.fɛʁ/ or /ʃe.fɛʁ/ | |
future | chefferai /ʃɛ.fʁe/ or /ʃe.fʁe/ |
chefferas /ʃɛ.fʁa/ or /ʃe.fʁa/ |
cheffera /ʃɛ.fʁa/ or /ʃe.fʁa/ |
chefferons /ʃɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fʁɔ̃/ |
chefferez /ʃɛ.fʁe/ or /ʃe.fʁe/ |
chefferont /ʃɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chefferais /ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/ |
chefferais /ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/ |
chefferait /ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.fʁɛ/ |
chefferions /ʃɛ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chefferiez /ʃɛ.fə.ʁje/ or /ʃe.fə.ʁje/ |
chefferaient /ʃɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ʃe.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 | cheffe /ʃɛf/ |
cheffes /ʃɛf/ |
cheffe /ʃɛf/ |
cheffions /ʃɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fjɔ̃/ |
cheffiez /ʃɛ.fje/ or /ʃe.fje/ |
cheffent /ʃɛf/ |
imperfect2 | cheffasse /ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/ |
cheffasses /ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/ |
cheffât /ʃɛ.fa/ or /ʃe.fa/ |
cheffassions /ʃɛ.fa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
cheffassiez /ʃɛ.fa.sje/ or /ʃe.fa.sje/ |
cheffassent /ʃɛ.fas/ or /ʃe.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cheffe /ʃɛf/ |
— | cheffons /ʃɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ʃe.fɔ̃/ |
cheffez /ʃɛ.fe/ or /ʃe.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |