Probably a derivative of chippe (compare chiffe (“old cloth, rag”)) in the sense of "to hide something of little value", from Middle English chip, chippe (“fragment, worthless thing”) from Old English ċipp (“splinter, beam”) from Proto-Germanic *kippaz, *kipaz (“beam, log”). More at chip.
chiper
| infinitive | simple | chiper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chipant /ʃi.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chipé /ʃi.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chipe /ʃip/ |
chipes /ʃip/ |
chipe /ʃip/ |
chipons /ʃi.pɔ̃/ |
chipez /ʃi.pe/ |
chipent /ʃip/ |
| imperfect | chipais /ʃi.pɛ/ |
chipais /ʃi.pɛ/ |
chipait /ʃi.pɛ/ |
chipions /ʃi.pjɔ̃/ |
chipiez /ʃi.pje/ |
chipaient /ʃi.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chipai /ʃi.pe/ |
chipas /ʃi.pa/ |
chipa /ʃi.pa/ |
chipâmes /ʃi.pam/ |
chipâtes /ʃi.pat/ |
chipèrent /ʃi.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | chiperai /ʃi.pʁe/ |
chiperas /ʃi.pʁa/ |
chipera /ʃi.pʁa/ |
chiperons /ʃi.pʁɔ̃/ |
chiperez /ʃi.pʁe/ |
chiperont /ʃi.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chiperais /ʃi.pʁɛ/ |
chiperais /ʃi.pʁɛ/ |
chiperait /ʃi.pʁɛ/ |
chiperions /ʃi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chiperiez /ʃi.pə.ʁje/ |
chiperaient /ʃi.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 | chipe /ʃip/ |
chipes /ʃip/ |
chipe /ʃip/ |
chipions /ʃi.pjɔ̃/ |
chipiez /ʃi.pje/ |
chipent /ʃip/ |
| imperfect2 | chipasse /ʃi.pas/ |
chipasses /ʃi.pas/ |
chipât /ʃi.pa/ |
chipassions /ʃi.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
chipassiez /ʃi.pa.sje/ |
chipassent /ʃi.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chipe /ʃip/ |
— | chipons /ʃi.pɔ̃/ |
chipez /ʃi.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||