domper
Dutch
Etymology
From dompen (“to dim, to dampen, to extinguish”) + -er (denominative agent suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔm.pər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dom‧per
- Rhymes: -ɔmpər
Noun
domper m (plural dompers, diminutive dompertje n)
- conical candle extinguisher, snuffer
- (Netherlands, historical, Protestantism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary orthodox Protestant linked to the Réveil
- (Belgium, historical, Roman Catholicism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary Flemish Roman Catholic
- (by extension) damper, disappointment
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ̃.pe/
Audio: (file) Audio (Canada): (file) - Homophones: dompai, dompé, dompée, dompées, dompés, dompez
Verb
domper
- (North America, slang) to dump (end a relationship)
- Synonym: larguer
Conjugation
Conjugation of domper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | domper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dompant /dɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dompé /dɔ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dompe /dɔ̃p/ |
dompes /dɔ̃p/ |
dompe /dɔ̃p/ |
dompons /dɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
dompez /dɔ̃.pe/ |
dompent /dɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect | dompais /dɔ̃.pɛ/ |
dompais /dɔ̃.pɛ/ |
dompait /dɔ̃.pɛ/ |
dompions /dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
dompiez /dɔ̃.pje/ |
dompaient /dɔ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dompai /dɔ̃.pe/ |
dompas /dɔ̃.pa/ |
dompa /dɔ̃.pa/ |
dompâmes /dɔ̃.pam/ |
dompâtes /dɔ̃.pat/ |
dompèrent /dɔ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | domperai /dɔ̃.pʁe/ |
domperas /dɔ̃.pʁa/ |
dompera /dɔ̃.pʁa/ |
domperons /dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
domperez /dɔ̃.pʁe/ |
domperont /dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | domperais /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
domperais /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
domperait /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
domperions /dɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
domperiez /dɔ̃.pə.ʁje/ |
domperaient /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | dompe /dɔ̃p/ |
dompes /dɔ̃p/ |
dompe /dɔ̃p/ |
dompions /dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
dompiez /dɔ̃.pje/ |
dompent /dɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | dompasse /dɔ̃.pas/ |
dompasses /dɔ̃.pas/ |
dompât /dɔ̃.pa/ |
dompassions /dɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
dompassiez /dɔ̃.pa.sje/ |
dompassent /dɔ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dompe /dɔ̃p/ |
— | dompons /dɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
dompez /dɔ̃.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||