piaffer

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English

Etymology

From French piaffer.

Noun

piaffer (plural piaffers)

  1. A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs.

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pja.fe/
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Verb

piaffer

  1. (of horse) to stamp, paw the ground
  2. (of person) to stamp one's feet

Conjugation

Conjugation of piaffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple piaffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple piaffant
/pja.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle piaffé
/pja.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present piaffe
/pjaf/ 		piaffes
/pjaf/ 		piaffe
/pjaf/ 		piaffons
/pja.fɔ̃/ 		piaffez
/pja.fe/ 		piaffent
/pjaf/
imperfect piaffais
/pja.fɛ/ 		piaffais
/pja.fɛ/ 		piaffait
/pja.fɛ/ 		piaffions
/pja.fjɔ̃/ 		piaffiez
/pja.fje/ 		piaffaient
/pja.fɛ/
past historic2 piaffai
/pja.fe/ 		piaffas
/pja.fa/ 		piaffa
/pja.fa/ 		piaffâmes
/pja.fam/ 		piaffâtes
/pja.fat/ 		piaffèrent
/pja.fɛʁ/
future piafferai
/pja.fʁe/ 		piafferas
/pja.fʁa/ 		piaffera
/pja.fʁa/ 		piafferons
/pja.fʁɔ̃/ 		piafferez
/pja.fʁe/ 		piafferont
/pja.fʁɔ̃/
conditional piafferais
/pja.fʁɛ/ 		piafferais
/pja.fʁɛ/ 		piafferait
/pja.fʁɛ/ 		piafferions
/pja.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		piafferiez
/pja.fə.ʁje/ 		piafferaient
/pja.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 piaffe
/pjaf/ 		piaffes
/pjaf/ 		piaffe
/pjaf/ 		piaffions
/pja.fjɔ̃/ 		piaffiez
/pja.fje/ 		piaffent
/pjaf/
imperfect2 piaffasse
/pja.fas/ 		piaffasses
/pja.fas/ 		piaffât
/pja.fa/ 		piaffassions
/pja.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		piaffassiez
/pja.fa.sje/ 		piaffassent
/pja.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — piaffe
/pjaf/ 		— piaffons
/pja.fɔ̃/ 		piaffez
/pja.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).

Descendants

  • → Italian: piaffare

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

piaffer

  1. definite singular of piaff
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