clopiner

French

Etymology

From Old French clop (“that hobbles; hobbling”), from Late Latin *cloppus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klɔ.pi.ne/
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  • Homophones: clopinai, clopiné, clopinez

Verb

clopiner

  1. to limp; to hobble; to halt
    Synonym: boitiller

Conjugation
Conjugation of clopiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple clopiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple clopinant
/klɔ.pi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle clopiné
/klɔ.pi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present clopine
/klɔ.pin/		 clopines
/klɔ.pin/		 clopine
/klɔ.pin/		 clopinons
/klɔ.pi.nɔ̃/		 clopinez
/klɔ.pi.ne/		 clopinent
/klɔ.pin/
imperfect clopinais
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/		 clopinais
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/		 clopinait
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/		 clopinions
/klɔ.pi.njɔ̃/		 clopiniez
/klɔ.pi.nje/		 clopinaient
/klɔ.pi.nɛ/
past historic2 clopinai
/klɔ.pi.ne/		 clopinas
/klɔ.pi.na/		 clopina
/klɔ.pi.na/		 clopinâmes
/klɔ.pi.nam/		 clopinâtes
/klɔ.pi.nat/		 clopinèrent
/klɔ.pi.nɛʁ/
future clopinerai
/klɔ.pin.ʁe/		 clopineras
/klɔ.pin.ʁa/		 clopinera
/klɔ.pin.ʁa/		 clopinerons
/klɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/		 clopinerez
/klɔ.pin.ʁe/		 clopineront
/klɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional clopinerais
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 clopinerais
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 clopinerait
/klɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 clopinerions
/klɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 clopineriez
/klɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/		 clopineraient
/klɔ.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 clopine
/klɔ.pin/		 clopines
/klɔ.pin/		 clopine
/klɔ.pin/		 clopinions
/klɔ.pi.njɔ̃/		 clopiniez
/klɔ.pi.nje/		 clopinent
/klɔ.pin/
imperfect2 clopinasse
/klɔ.pi.nas/		 clopinasses
/klɔ.pi.nas/		 clopinât
/klɔ.pi.na/		 clopinassions
/klɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/		 clopinassiez
/klɔ.pi.na.sje/		 clopinassent
/klɔ.pi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — clopine
/klɔ.pin/		 — clopinons
/klɔ.pi.nɔ̃/		 clopinez
/klɔ.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:
  • 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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