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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