turlupiner
French
Etymology
After Turlupin, the stage name of comic actor Henri Legrand (1587–1637).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyʁ.ly.pi.ne/
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Verb
turlupiner
- (transitive) to bother, to exasperate
- (transitive) to make fun of, to take the mickey out of
Conjugation
Conjugation of turlupiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | turlupiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | turlupinant /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | turlupiné /tyʁ.ly.pi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | turlupine /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupines /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupine /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupinons /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɔ̃/ |
turlupinez /tyʁ.ly.pi.ne/ |
turlupinent /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
| imperfect | turlupinais /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɛ/ |
turlupinais /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɛ/ |
turlupinait /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɛ/ |
turlupinions /tyʁ.ly.pi.njɔ̃/ |
turlupiniez /tyʁ.ly.pi.nje/ |
turlupinaient /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | turlupinai /tyʁ.ly.pi.ne/ |
turlupinas /tyʁ.ly.pi.na/ |
turlupina /tyʁ.ly.pi.na/ |
turlupinâmes /tyʁ.ly.pi.nam/ |
turlupinâtes /tyʁ.ly.pi.nat/ |
turlupinèrent /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | turlupinerai /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁe/ |
turlupineras /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁa/ |
turlupinera /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁa/ |
turlupinerons /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁɔ̃/ |
turlupinerez /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁe/ |
turlupineront /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | turlupinerais /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁɛ/ |
turlupinerais /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁɛ/ |
turlupinerait /tyʁ.ly.pin.ʁɛ/ |
turlupinerions /tyʁ.ly.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
turlupineriez /tyʁ.ly.pi.nə.ʁje/ |
turlupineraient /tyʁ.ly.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 | turlupine /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupines /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupine /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
turlupinions /tyʁ.ly.pi.njɔ̃/ |
turlupiniez /tyʁ.ly.pi.nje/ |
turlupinent /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
| imperfect2 | turlupinasse /tyʁ.ly.pi.nas/ |
turlupinasses /tyʁ.ly.pi.nas/ |
turlupinât /tyʁ.ly.pi.na/ |
turlupinassions /tyʁ.ly.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
turlupinassiez /tyʁ.ly.pi.na.sje/ |
turlupinassent /tyʁ.ly.pi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | turlupine /tyʁ.ly.pin/ |
— | turlupinons /tyʁ.ly.pi.nɔ̃/ |
turlupinez /tyʁ.ly.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “turlupiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.