greffer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French greffer, from greffe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ.fe/ ~ /ɡʁe.fe/
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Verb
greffer
- (transitive) to transplant, to graft
- Synonym: enter
Conjugation
Conjugation of greffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | greffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | greffant /ɡʁɛ.fɑ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | greffé /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | greffe /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffes /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffe /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffons /ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/ |
greffez /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/ |
greffent /ɡʁɛf/ |
| imperfect | greffais /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ |
greffais /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ |
greffait /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ |
greffions /ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/ |
greffiez /ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/ |
greffaient /ɡʁɛ.fɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | greffai /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.fe/ |
greffas /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ |
greffa /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ |
greffâmes /ɡʁɛ.fam/ or /ɡʁe.fam/ |
greffâtes /ɡʁɛ.fat/ or /ɡʁe.fat/ |
greffèrent /ɡʁɛ.fɛʁ/ or /ɡʁe.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | grefferai /ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/ |
grefferas /ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/ |
greffera /ɡʁɛ.fʁa/ or /ɡʁe.fʁa/ |
grefferons /ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/ |
grefferez /ɡʁɛ.fʁe/ or /ɡʁe.fʁe/ |
grefferont /ɡʁɛ.fʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grefferais /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ |
grefferais /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ |
grefferait /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.fʁɛ/ |
grefferions /ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grefferiez /ɡʁɛ.fə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.fə.ʁje/ |
grefferaient /ɡʁɛ.fʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.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 | greffe /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffes /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffe /ɡʁɛf/ |
greffions /ɡʁɛ.fjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fjɔ̃/ |
greffiez /ɡʁɛ.fje/ or /ɡʁe.fje/ |
greffent /ɡʁɛf/ |
| imperfect2 | greffasse /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/ |
greffasses /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/ |
greffât /ɡʁɛ.fa/ or /ɡʁe.fa/ |
greffassions /ɡʁɛ.fa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
greffassiez /ɡʁɛ.fa.sje/ or /ɡʁe.fa.sje/ |
greffassent /ɡʁɛ.fas/ or /ɡʁe.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | greffe /ɡʁɛf/ |
— | greffons /ɡʁɛ.fɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.fɔ̃/ |
greffez /ɡʁɛ.fe/ or /ɡʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- greffeur
- les arbres à noyau se greffent sur des arbres à noyau
Related terms
Further reading
- “greffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
greffer (gerund greff'thie or greff'sie)
- (Jersey) to graft, transplant