grimper

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grimper, probably from a nasalisation of Middle French gripper, after Middle French ramper (“to crawl”), to which it is semantically related.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ̃.pe/
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Verb

grimper

  1. (intransitive) (climbing) to climb, climb up

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grimper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grimpant
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grimpé
/ɡʁɛ̃.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present grimpe
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpes
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpe
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpons
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɔ̃/ 		grimpez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pe/ 		grimpent
/ɡʁɛ̃p/
imperfect grimpais
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɛ/ 		grimpais
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɛ/ 		grimpait
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɛ/ 		grimpions
/ɡʁɛ̃.pjɔ̃/ 		grimpiez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pje/ 		grimpaient
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɛ/
past historic2 grimpai
/ɡʁɛ̃.pe/ 		grimpas
/ɡʁɛ̃.pa/ 		grimpa
/ɡʁɛ̃.pa/ 		grimpâmes
/ɡʁɛ̃.pam/ 		grimpâtes
/ɡʁɛ̃.pat/ 		grimpèrent
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɛʁ/
future grimperai
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁe/ 		grimperas
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁa/ 		grimpera
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁa/ 		grimperons
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/ 		grimperez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁe/ 		grimperont
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/
conditional grimperais
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁɛ/ 		grimperais
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁɛ/ 		grimperait
/ɡʁɛ̃.pʁɛ/ 		grimperions
/ɡʁɛ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grimperiez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pə.ʁje/ 		grimperaient
/ɡʁɛ̃.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 grimpe
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpes
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpe
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		grimpions
/ɡʁɛ̃.pjɔ̃/ 		grimpiez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pje/ 		grimpent
/ɡʁɛ̃p/
imperfect2 grimpasse
/ɡʁɛ̃.pas/ 		grimpasses
/ɡʁɛ̃.pas/ 		grimpât
/ɡʁɛ̃.pa/ 		grimpassions
/ɡʁɛ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		grimpassiez
/ɡʁɛ̃.pa.sje/ 		grimpassent
/ɡʁɛ̃.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grimpe
/ɡʁɛ̃p/ 		— grimpons
/ɡʁɛ̃.pɔ̃/ 		grimpez
/ɡʁɛ̃.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:
  • 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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