napper

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English

Etymology

nap +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

napper (plural nappers)

  1. A person who takes a nap.
  2. (slang) The head.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:head
    • 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry, E.A. Sheppard (lyrics and music), “Any Old Iron”:
      You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.
    • 1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297:
      Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper.
    • 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did, page 96:
      As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.
  3. (obsolete) A machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
  4. (obsolete) A sheepstealer.
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:rustler

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French

Etymology

From nappe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

napper

  1. (cooking) to cover (to cover something with sauce)

Conjugation

Conjugation of napper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple napper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nappant
/na.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nappé
/na.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nappe
/nap/ 		nappes
/nap/ 		nappe
/nap/ 		nappons
/na.pɔ̃/ 		nappez
/na.pe/ 		nappent
/nap/
imperfect nappais
/na.pɛ/ 		nappais
/na.pɛ/ 		nappait
/na.pɛ/ 		nappions
/na.pjɔ̃/ 		nappiez
/na.pje/ 		nappaient
/na.pɛ/
past historic2 nappai
/na.pe/ 		nappas
/na.pa/ 		nappa
/na.pa/ 		nappâmes
/na.pam/ 		nappâtes
/na.pat/ 		nappèrent
/na.pɛʁ/
future napperai
/na.pʁe/ 		napperas
/na.pʁa/ 		nappera
/na.pʁa/ 		napperons
/na.pʁɔ̃/ 		napperez
/na.pʁe/ 		napperont
/na.pʁɔ̃/
conditional napperais
/na.pʁɛ/ 		napperais
/na.pʁɛ/ 		napperait
/na.pʁɛ/ 		napperions
/na.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		napperiez
/na.pə.ʁje/ 		napperaient
/na.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 nappe
/nap/ 		nappes
/nap/ 		nappe
/nap/ 		nappions
/na.pjɔ̃/ 		nappiez
/na.pje/ 		nappent
/nap/
imperfect2 nappasse
/na.pas/ 		nappasses
/na.pas/ 		nappât
/na.pa/ 		nappassions
/na.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		nappassiez
/na.pa.sje/ 		nappassent
/na.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nappe
/nap/ 		— nappons
/na.pɔ̃/ 		nappez
/na.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).

Further reading

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Verb

napper

  1. present of nappe
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