roupiller

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French

Etymology

Probably from or related to German dialectal ruspen, ruspern (“to snore, groan, grumble, retch”). If so, then cognate with Low German ruspen, Middle Dutch ruyspen, German räuspern (“to clear the throat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁu.pi.je/
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Verb

roupiller

  1. (archaic) to drowse, to doze
  2. (colloquial) to (get some) sleep, to kip
    • 1978, Claude Nougaro (lyrics and music), “E Pericoloso Sporgersi”, in Tu Verras:
      Si lassé des voisins qui roupillent / Par la vitre baissée, tu te dessilles / En comptant les points d’or de la nuit / E Pericoloso Sporgersi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of roupiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple roupiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple roupillant
/ʁu.pi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle roupillé
/ʁu.pi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present roupille
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupilles
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupille
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupillons
/ʁu.pi.jɔ̃/ 		roupillez
/ʁu.pi.je/ 		roupillent
/ʁu.pij/
imperfect roupillais
/ʁu.pi.jɛ/ 		roupillais
/ʁu.pi.jɛ/ 		roupillait
/ʁu.pi.jɛ/ 		roupillions
/ʁu.pij.jɔ̃/ 		roupilliez
/ʁu.pij.je/ 		roupillaient
/ʁu.pi.jɛ/
past historic2 roupillai
/ʁu.pi.je/ 		roupillas
/ʁu.pi.ja/ 		roupilla
/ʁu.pi.ja/ 		roupillâmes
/ʁu.pi.jam/ 		roupillâtes
/ʁu.pi.jat/ 		roupillèrent
/ʁu.pi.jɛʁ/
future roupillerai
/ʁu.pij.ʁe/ 		roupilleras
/ʁu.pij.ʁa/ 		roupillera
/ʁu.pij.ʁa/ 		roupillerons
/ʁu.pij.ʁɔ̃/ 		roupillerez
/ʁu.pij.ʁe/ 		roupilleront
/ʁu.pij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional roupillerais
/ʁu.pij.ʁɛ/ 		roupillerais
/ʁu.pij.ʁɛ/ 		roupillerait
/ʁu.pij.ʁɛ/ 		roupillerions
/ʁu.pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		roupilleriez
/ʁu.pi.jə.ʁje/ 		roupilleraient
/ʁu.pij.ʁɛ/
(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 roupille
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupilles
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupille
/ʁu.pij/ 		roupillions
/ʁu.pij.jɔ̃/ 		roupilliez
/ʁu.pij.je/ 		roupillent
/ʁu.pij/
imperfect2 roupillasse
/ʁu.pi.jas/ 		roupillasses
/ʁu.pi.jas/ 		roupillât
/ʁu.pi.ja/ 		roupillassions
/ʁu.pi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		roupillassiez
/ʁu.pi.ja.sje/ 		roupillassent
/ʁu.pi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — roupille
/ʁu.pij/ 		— roupillons
/ʁu.pi.jɔ̃/ 		roupillez
/ʁu.pi.je/ 		—
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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