piffer

See also: Piffer

French

Etymology

From pif (“nose”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.fe/
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Verb

piffer

  1. (transitive, informal, chiefly in the negative) to stand, put up with

Conjugation

Conjugation of piffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple piffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple piffant
/pi.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle piffé
/pi.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present piffe
/pif/ 		piffes
/pif/ 		piffe
/pif/ 		piffons
/pi.fɔ̃/ 		piffez
/pi.fe/ 		piffent
/pif/
imperfect piffais
/pi.fɛ/ 		piffais
/pi.fɛ/ 		piffait
/pi.fɛ/ 		piffions
/pi.fjɔ̃/ 		piffiez
/pi.fje/ 		piffaient
/pi.fɛ/
past historic2 piffai
/pi.fe/ 		piffas
/pi.fa/ 		piffa
/pi.fa/ 		piffâmes
/pi.fam/ 		piffâtes
/pi.fat/ 		piffèrent
/pi.fɛʁ/
future pifferai
/pi.fʁe/ 		pifferas
/pi.fʁa/ 		piffera
/pi.fʁa/ 		pifferons
/pi.fʁɔ̃/ 		pifferez
/pi.fʁe/ 		pifferont
/pi.fʁɔ̃/
conditional pifferais
/pi.fʁɛ/ 		pifferais
/pi.fʁɛ/ 		pifferait
/pi.fʁɛ/ 		pifferions
/pi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pifferiez
/pi.fə.ʁje/ 		pifferaient
/pi.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 piffe
/pif/ 		piffes
/pif/ 		piffe
/pif/ 		piffions
/pi.fjɔ̃/ 		piffiez
/pi.fje/ 		piffent
/pif/
imperfect2 piffasse
/pi.fas/ 		piffasses
/pi.fas/ 		piffât
/pi.fa/ 		piffassions
/pi.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		piffassiez
/pi.fa.sje/ 		piffassent
/pi.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — piffe
/pif/ 		— piffons
/pi.fɔ̃/ 		piffez
/pi.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:
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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