sniffer

English

Etymology

From sniff +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

sniffer (plural sniffers)

1. One who sniffs.
2. (informal) The nose.
3. (networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.

Derived terms

• diaper sniffer
• glue sniffer
• jock sniffer
• packet sniffer
• people sniffer
• petrol sniffer
• posy sniffer
• sniffer dog
• sniffer plane
• throne sniffer

Translations

one who sniffs

Portuguese: farejador (pt) m

a mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic

Polish: sniffer (pl) m Portuguese: sniffer m

Anagrams

• niffers, re-sniff, resniff

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sni.fe/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

sniffer

1. to consume a drug via the nose

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).