friper

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French frepe, possibly from Vulgar Latin falappa. See friperie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.pe/

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Verb

friper

1. to crumple, crush

   Synonyms: chiffonner, défraîchir

Conjugation

Conjugation of friper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	friper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fripant /fʁi.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fripé /fʁi.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fripe /fʁip/	fripes /fʁip/	fripe /fʁip/	fripons /fʁi.pɔ̃/	fripez /fʁi.pe/	fripent /fʁip/
	imperfect	fripais /fʁi.pɛ/	fripais /fʁi.pɛ/	fripait /fʁi.pɛ/	fripions /fʁi.pjɔ̃/	fripiez /fʁi.pje/	fripaient /fʁi.pɛ/
	past historic2	fripai /fʁi.pe/	fripas /fʁi.pa/	fripa /fʁi.pa/	fripâmes /fʁi.pam/	fripâtes /fʁi.pat/	fripèrent /fʁi.pɛʁ/
	future	friperai /fʁi.pʁe/	friperas /fʁi.pʁa/	fripera /fʁi.pʁa/	friperons /fʁi.pʁɔ̃/	friperez /fʁi.pʁe/	friperont /fʁi.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	friperais /fʁi.pʁɛ/	friperais /fʁi.pʁɛ/	friperait /fʁi.pʁɛ/	friperions /fʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	friperiez /fʁi.pə.ʁje/	friperaient /fʁi.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	fripe /fʁip/	fripes /fʁip/	fripe /fʁip/	fripions /fʁi.pjɔ̃/	fripiez /fʁi.pje/	fripent /fʁip/
	imperfect2	fripasse /fʁi.pas/	fripasses /fʁi.pas/	fripât /fʁi.pa/	fripassions /fʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/	fripassiez /fʁi.pa.sje/	fripassent /fʁi.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fripe /fʁip/	—	fripons /fʁi.pɔ̃/	fripez /fʁi.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: 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).

Derived terms

• fripe
• friperie

Further reading

• “friper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

friper

1. (Jersey) to fight