sniffer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
sniffer (plural sniffers)
- One who sniffs.
- (informal) The nose.
- (networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
Derived terms
Translations
one who sniffs
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a mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sni.fe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
sniffer
Conjugation
Conjugation of sniffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sniffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sniffant /sni.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sniffé /sni.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sniffe /snif/ |
sniffes /snif/ |
sniffe /snif/ |
sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ |
sniffez /sni.fe/ |
sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect | sniffais /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffais /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffait /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ |
sniffiez /sni.fje/ |
sniffaient /sni.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sniffai /sni.fe/ |
sniffas /sni.fa/ |
sniffa /sni.fa/ |
sniffâmes /sni.fam/ |
sniffâtes /sni.fat/ |
sniffèrent /sni.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | snifferai /sni.fʁe/ |
snifferas /sni.fʁa/ |
sniffera /sni.fʁa/ |
snifferons /sni.fʁɔ̃/ |
snifferez /sni.fʁe/ |
snifferont /sni.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferait /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferions /sni.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
snifferiez /sni.fə.ʁje/ |
snifferaient /sni.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 | sniffe /snif/ |
sniffes /snif/ |
sniffe /snif/ |
sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ |
sniffiez /sni.fje/ |
sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect2 | sniffasse /sni.fas/ |
sniffasses /sni.fas/ |
sniffât /sni.fa/ |
sniffassions /sni.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
sniffassiez /sni.fa.sje/ |
sniffassent /sni.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sniffe /snif/ |
— | sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ |
sniffez /sni.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). | |||||||