trépigner

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French

Etymology

From a suffixed form of Old French treper. Cognate with English trape (“to run about idly”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁe.pi.ɲe/
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Verb

trépigner

  1. (intransitive) to stamp or shuffle one's feet (usually of horses or humans)
    Synonym: piétiner
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to wait nervously or angrily
    • 2004 June 1, Jérôme Dupuis, “Comment L'usage du monde est devenu un livre culte”, in L'Express‎:
      C’est justement l’ami Thierry et son épouse Floristella qui ont commandé le champagne, au bar de l’Hôtel de Hollande, rue Cadet, à Paris. Eliane, l’épouse de Nicolas Bouvier, trépigne à leurs côtés.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (transitive) to trample
  4. (transitive, figurative) to severely criticize, to speak badly of
  5. (transitive, slang, dated) to beat up

Conjugation

Conjugation of trépigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trépigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trépignant
/tʁe.pi.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trépigné
/tʁe.pi.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trépigne
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépignes
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépigne
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépignons
/tʁe.pi.ɲɔ̃/ 		trépignez
/tʁe.pi.ɲe/ 		trépignent
/tʁe.piɲ/
imperfect trépignais
/tʁe.pi.ɲɛ/ 		trépignais
/tʁe.pi.ɲɛ/ 		trépignait
/tʁe.pi.ɲɛ/ 		trépignions
/tʁe.pi.ɲjɔ̃/ 		trépigniez
/tʁe.pi.ɲje/ 		trépignaient
/tʁe.pi.ɲɛ/
past historic2 trépignai
/tʁe.pi.ɲe/ 		trépignas
/tʁe.pi.ɲa/ 		trépigna
/tʁe.pi.ɲa/ 		trépignâmes
/tʁe.pi.ɲam/ 		trépignâtes
/tʁe.pi.ɲat/ 		trépignèrent
/tʁe.pi.ɲɛʁ/
future trépignerai
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁe/ 		trépigneras
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁa/ 		trépignera
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁa/ 		trépignerons
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		trépignerez
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁe/ 		trépigneront
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trépignerais
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		trépignerais
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		trépignerait
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		trépignerions
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trépigneriez
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.ʁje/ 		trépigneraient
/tʁe.pi.ɲə.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 trépigne
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépignes
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépigne
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		trépignions
/tʁe.pi.ɲjɔ̃/ 		trépigniez
/tʁe.pi.ɲje/ 		trépignent
/tʁe.piɲ/
imperfect2 trépignasse
/tʁe.pi.ɲas/ 		trépignasses
/tʁe.pi.ɲas/ 		trépignât
/tʁe.pi.ɲa/ 		trépignassions
/tʁe.pi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		trépignassiez
/tʁe.pi.ɲa.sje/ 		trépignassent
/tʁe.pi.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trépigne
/tʁe.piɲ/ 		— trépignons
/tʁe.pi.ɲɔ̃/ 		trépignez
/tʁe.pi.ɲe/ 		—
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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