lamper

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English

Etymology 1

From lamp +‎ -er.

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

  1. One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.
    Synonyms: jacklighter, spotlighter

Etymology 2

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

  1. (dialect) A lamprey.
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Danish

Noun

lamper c

  1. indefinite plural of lampe

French

Etymology

See laper (“to lap up”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.pe/
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Verb

lamper

  1. (transitive) to quaff, to swig

Conjugation

Conjugation of lamper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lamper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lampant
/lɑ̃.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lampé
/lɑ̃.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lampe
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampes
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampe
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampons
/lɑ̃.pɔ̃/ 		lampez
/lɑ̃.pe/ 		lampent
/lɑ̃p/
imperfect lampais
/lɑ̃.pɛ/ 		lampais
/lɑ̃.pɛ/ 		lampait
/lɑ̃.pɛ/ 		lampions
/lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/ 		lampiez
/lɑ̃.pje/ 		lampaient
/lɑ̃.pɛ/
past historic2 lampai
/lɑ̃.pe/ 		lampas
/lɑ̃.pa/ 		lampa
/lɑ̃.pa/ 		lampâmes
/lɑ̃.pam/ 		lampâtes
/lɑ̃.pat/ 		lampèrent
/lɑ̃.pɛʁ/
future lamperai
/lɑ̃.pʁe/ 		lamperas
/lɑ̃.pʁa/ 		lampera
/lɑ̃.pʁa/ 		lamperons
/lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/ 		lamperez
/lɑ̃.pʁe/ 		lamperont
/lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
conditional lamperais
/lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ 		lamperais
/lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ 		lamperait
/lɑ̃.pʁɛ/ 		lamperions
/lɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lamperiez
/lɑ̃.pə.ʁje/ 		lamperaient
/lɑ̃.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 lampe
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampes
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampe
/lɑ̃p/ 		lampions
/lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/ 		lampiez
/lɑ̃.pje/ 		lampent
/lɑ̃p/
imperfect2 lampasse
/lɑ̃.pas/ 		lampasses
/lɑ̃.pas/ 		lampât
/lɑ̃.pa/ 		lampassions
/lɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		lampassiez
/lɑ̃.pa.sje/ 		lampassent
/lɑ̃.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lampe
/lɑ̃p/ 		— lampons
/lɑ̃.pɔ̃/ 		lampez
/lɑ̃.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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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lamper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of lampe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

lamper m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of lampe
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