griffer

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French

Etymology

From Old French grifer, either deverbal from griffe, which see, or from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Doublet of gripper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁi.fe/
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Verb

griffer

  1. to scratch

Conjugation

Conjugation of griffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple griffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple griffant
/ɡʁi.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle griffé
/ɡʁi.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present griffe
/ɡʁif/ 		griffes
/ɡʁif/ 		griffe
/ɡʁif/ 		griffons
/ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ 		griffez
/ɡʁi.fe/ 		griffent
/ɡʁif/
imperfect griffais
/ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		griffais
/ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		griffait
/ɡʁi.fɛ/ 		griffions
/ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		griffiez
/ɡʁi.fje/ 		griffaient
/ɡʁi.fɛ/
past historic2 griffai
/ɡʁi.fe/ 		griffas
/ɡʁi.fa/ 		griffa
/ɡʁi.fa/ 		griffâmes
/ɡʁi.fam/ 		griffâtes
/ɡʁi.fat/ 		griffèrent
/ɡʁi.fɛʁ/
future grifferai
/ɡʁi.fʁe/ 		grifferas
/ɡʁi.fʁa/ 		griffera
/ɡʁi.fʁa/ 		grifferons
/ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/ 		grifferez
/ɡʁi.fʁe/ 		grifferont
/ɡʁi.fʁɔ̃/
conditional grifferais
/ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		grifferais
/ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		grifferait
/ɡʁi.fʁɛ/ 		grifferions
/ɡʁi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grifferiez
/ɡʁi.fə.ʁje/ 		grifferaient
/ɡʁi.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 griffe
/ɡʁif/ 		griffes
/ɡʁif/ 		griffe
/ɡʁif/ 		griffions
/ɡʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		griffiez
/ɡʁi.fje/ 		griffent
/ɡʁif/
imperfect2 griffasse
/ɡʁi.fas/ 		griffasses
/ɡʁi.fas/ 		griffât
/ɡʁi.fa/ 		griffassions
/ɡʁi.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		griffassiez
/ɡʁi.fa.sje/ 		griffassent
/ɡʁi.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — griffe
/ɡʁif/ 		— griffons
/ɡʁi.fɔ̃/ 		griffez
/ɡʁi.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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