biffer
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Noun
biffer (plural biffers)
- (informal) One who hits or punches; a fighter.
- (informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.
- Synonym: big hitter
Etymology 2
Noun
biffer (plural biffers)
- (vulgar, slang) An unattractive woman.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.fe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
biffer
- (transitive) to cross out, strike through
- (transitive) to cancel, annul
Conjugation
Conjugation of biffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | biffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | biffant /bi.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | biffé /bi.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | biffe /bif/ |
biffes /bif/ |
biffe /bif/ |
biffons /bi.fɔ̃/ |
biffez /bi.fe/ |
biffent /bif/ |
| imperfect | biffais /bi.fɛ/ |
biffais /bi.fɛ/ |
biffait /bi.fɛ/ |
biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/ |
biffiez /bi.fje/ |
biffaient /bi.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | biffai /bi.fe/ |
biffas /bi.fa/ |
biffa /bi.fa/ |
biffâmes /bi.fam/ |
biffâtes /bi.fat/ |
biffèrent /bi.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | bifferai /bi.fʁe/ |
bifferas /bi.fʁa/ |
biffera /bi.fʁa/ |
bifferons /bi.fʁɔ̃/ |
bifferez /bi.fʁe/ |
bifferont /bi.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/ |
bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/ |
bifferait /bi.fʁɛ/ |
bifferions /bi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bifferiez /bi.fə.ʁje/ |
bifferaient /bi.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 | biffe /bif/ |
biffes /bif/ |
biffe /bif/ |
biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/ |
biffiez /bi.fje/ |
biffent /bif/ |
| imperfect2 | biffasse /bi.fas/ |
biffasses /bi.fas/ |
biffât /bi.fa/ |
biffassions /bi.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
biffassiez /bi.fa.sje/ |
biffassent /bi.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | biffe /bif/ |
— | biffons /bi.fɔ̃/ |
biffez /bi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “biffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
biffer m
- indefinite plural of biff