clopiner

French

Etymology

From Old French clop (“that hobbles; hobbling”), from Late Latin *cloppus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔ.pi.ne/
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  • Homophones: clopinai, clopiné, clopinez

Verb

clopiner

  1. to limp; to hobble; to halt
    Synonym: boitiller

Conjugation

Conjugation of clopiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple clopiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple clopinant
/klɔ.pi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle clopiné
/klɔ.pi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present clopine
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopines
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopine
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopinons
/klɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ 		clopinez
/klɔ.pi.ne/ 		clopinent
/klɔ.pin/
imperfect clopinais
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		clopinais
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		clopinait
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/ 		clopinions
/klɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ 		clopiniez
/klɔ.pi.nje/ 		clopinaient
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/
past historic2 clopinai
/klɔ.pi.ne/ 		clopinas
/klɔ.pi.na/ 		clopina
/klɔ.pi.na/ 		clopinâmes
/klɔ.pi.nam/ 		clopinâtes
/klɔ.pi.nat/ 		clopinèrent
/klɔ.pi.nɛʁ/
future clopinerai
/klɔ.pin.ʁe/ 		clopineras
/klɔ.pin.ʁa/ 		clopinera
/klɔ.pin.ʁa/ 		clopinerons
/klɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ 		clopinerez
/klɔ.pin.ʁe/ 		clopineront
/klɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional clopinerais
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		clopinerais
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		clopinerait
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ 		clopinerions
/klɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		clopineriez
/klɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/ 		clopineraient
/klɔ.pin.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 clopine
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopines
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopine
/klɔ.pin/ 		clopinions
/klɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ 		clopiniez
/klɔ.pi.nje/ 		clopinent
/klɔ.pin/
imperfect2 clopinasse
/klɔ.pi.nas/ 		clopinasses
/klɔ.pi.nas/ 		clopinât
/klɔ.pi.na/ 		clopinassions
/klɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		clopinassiez
/klɔ.pi.na.sje/ 		clopinassent
/klɔ.pi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — clopine
/klɔ.pin/ 		— clopinons
/klɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ 		clopinez
/klɔ.pi.ne/ 		—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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