greffer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French greffer, from greffe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ.fe/ ~ /ɡʁe.fe/
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Verb

greffer

  1. (transitive) to transplant, to graft
    Synonym: enter

Conjugation

Conjugation of greffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple greffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple greffant
/ɡʁɛ.fɑ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle greffé
/ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present greffe
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffes
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffe
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffons
/ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/ 		greffez
/ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/ 		greffent
/ɡʁɛf/
imperfect greffais
/ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ 		greffais
/ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ 		greffait
/ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ 		greffions
/ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/ 		greffiez
/ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/ 		greffaient
/ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/
past historic2 greffai
/ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/ 		greffas
/ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ 		greffa
/ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ 		greffâmes
/ɡʁɛ.fam/ or /ɡʁe.fam/ 		greffâtes
/ɡʁɛ.fat/ or /ɡʁe.fat/ 		greffèrent
/ɡʁɛ.fɛʁ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛʁ/
future grefferai
/ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/ 		grefferas
/ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/ 		greffera
/ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/ 		grefferons
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/ 		grefferez
/ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/ 		grefferont
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/
conditional grefferais
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ 		grefferais
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ 		grefferait
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ 		grefferions
/ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grefferiez
/ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁje/ 		grefferaient
/ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.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 greffe
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffes
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffe
/ɡʁɛf/ 		greffions
/ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/ 		greffiez
/ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/ 		greffent
/ɡʁɛf/
imperfect2 greffasse
/ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/ 		greffasses
/ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/ 		greffât
/ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ 		greffassions
/ɡʁɛ.fa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		greffassiez
/ɡʁɛ.fa.sje/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sje/ 		greffassent
/ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — greffe
/ɡʁɛf/ 		— greffons
/ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/ 		greffez
/ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.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).

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Etymology

From greffe (“graft”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

greffer (gerund greff'thie or greff'sie)

  1. (Jersey) to graft, transplant

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