lapider

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapidāre (“to stone”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

lapider

  1. to stone; to lapidate (pelt with stones)
  2. (informal, figurative) to attack verbally
    • 1972, Charles Aznavour (lyrics and music), “Comme ils disent”, in Idiote, je t'aime…:
      Et là on s’en donne à cœur-joie / Et sans complexe / On déballe des vérités / Sur des gens qu’on a dans le nez / On les lapide / Mais on le fait avec humour / Enrobé dans des calembours / Mouillés d’acide
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lapider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lapider
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lapidant
/la.pi.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lapidé
/la.pi.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lapide
/la.pid/ 		lapides
/la.pid/ 		lapide
/la.pid/ 		lapidons
/la.pi.dɔ̃/ 		lapidez
/la.pi.de/ 		lapident
/la.pid/
imperfect lapidais
/la.pi.dɛ/ 		lapidais
/la.pi.dɛ/ 		lapidait
/la.pi.dɛ/ 		lapidions
/la.pi.djɔ̃/ 		lapidiez
/la.pi.dje/ 		lapidaient
/la.pi.dɛ/
past historic2 lapidai
/la.pi.de/ 		lapidas
/la.pi.da/ 		lapida
/la.pi.da/ 		lapidâmes
/la.pi.dam/ 		lapidâtes
/la.pi.dat/ 		lapidèrent
/la.pi.dɛʁ/
future lapiderai
/la.pi.dʁe/ 		lapideras
/la.pi.dʁa/ 		lapidera
/la.pi.dʁa/ 		lapiderons
/la.pi.dʁɔ̃/ 		lapiderez
/la.pi.dʁe/ 		lapideront
/la.pi.dʁɔ̃/
conditional lapiderais
/la.pi.dʁɛ/ 		lapiderais
/la.pi.dʁɛ/ 		lapiderait
/la.pi.dʁɛ/ 		lapiderions
/la.pi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lapideriez
/la.pi.də.ʁje/ 		lapideraient
/la.pi.dʁɛ/
(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 lapide
/la.pid/ 		lapides
/la.pid/ 		lapide
/la.pid/ 		lapidions
/la.pi.djɔ̃/ 		lapidiez
/la.pi.dje/ 		lapident
/la.pid/
imperfect2 lapidasse
/la.pi.das/ 		lapidasses
/la.pi.das/ 		lapidât
/la.pi.da/ 		lapidassions
/la.pi.da.sjɔ̃/ 		lapidassiez
/la.pi.da.sje/ 		lapidassent
/la.pi.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lapide
/la.pid/ 		— lapidons
/la.pi.dɔ̃/ 		lapidez
/la.pi.de/ 		—
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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Latin

Verb

lapider

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lapidō

Norman

Etymology

From Latin lapidō, lapidāre (“stone”, verb).

Verb

lapider

  1. (Jersey) to stone, lapidate (pelt with stones)
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