copiner

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French

Etymology

From copine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.pi.ne/
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Verb

copiner

  1. (intransitive) to be friends (with)
  2. (derogatory) to be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage

Conjugation

Conjugation of copiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple copiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple copinant
/kɔ.pi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle copiné
/kɔ.pi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present copine
/kɔ.pin/ 		copines
/kɔ.pin/ 		copine
/kɔ.pin/ 		copinons
/kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ 		copinez
/kɔ.pi.ne/ 		copinent
/kɔ.pin/
imperfect copinais
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		copinais
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		copinait
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		copinions
/kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ 		copiniez
/kɔ.pi.nje/ 		copinaient
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/
past historic2 copinai
/kɔ.pi.ne/ 		copinas
/kɔ.pi.na/ 		copina
/kɔ.pi.na/ 		copinâmes
/kɔ.pi.nam/ 		copinâtes
/kɔ.pi.nat/ 		copinèrent
/kɔ.pi.nɛʁ/
future copinerai
/kɔ.pin.ʁe/ 		copineras
/kɔ.pin.ʁa/ 		copinera
/kɔ.pin.ʁa/ 		copinerons
/kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ 		copinerez
/kɔ.pin.ʁe/ 		copineront
/kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional copinerais
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		copinerais
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		copinerait
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		copinerions
/kɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		copineriez
/kɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/ 		copineraient
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/
(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 copine
/kɔ.pin/ 		copines
/kɔ.pin/ 		copine
/kɔ.pin/ 		copinions
/kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ 		copiniez
/kɔ.pi.nje/ 		copinent
/kɔ.pin/
imperfect2 copinasse
/kɔ.pi.nas/ 		copinasses
/kɔ.pi.nas/ 		copinât
/kɔ.pi.na/ 		copinassions
/kɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		copinassiez
/kɔ.pi.na.sje/ 		copinassent
/kɔ.pi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — copine
/kɔ.pin/ 		— copinons
/kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ 		copinez
/kɔ.pi.ne/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

“copiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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