domper

Dutch

Etymology

From dompen (“to dim, to dampen, to extinguish”) +‎ -er (denominative agent suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔm.pər/
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  • Hyphenation: dom‧per
  • Rhymes: -ɔmpər

Noun

domper m (plural dompers, diminutive dompertje n)

  1. conical candle extinguisher, snuffer
  2. (Netherlands, historical, Protestantism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary orthodox Protestant linked to the Réveil
  3. (Belgium, historical, Roman Catholicism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary Flemish Roman Catholic
  4. (by extension) damper, disappointment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dump.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ̃.pe/
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  • Homophones: dompai, dompé, dompée, dompées, dompés, dompez

Verb

domper

  1. (Canada, slang) to dump (end a relationship)
    Synonym: larguer

Conjugation
Conjugation of domper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple domper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dompant
/dɔ̃.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dompé
/dɔ̃.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dompe
/dɔ̃p/		 dompes
/dɔ̃p/		 dompe
/dɔ̃p/		 dompons
/dɔ̃.pɔ̃/		 dompez
/dɔ̃.pe/		 dompent
/dɔ̃p/
imperfect dompais
/dɔ̃.pɛ/		 dompais
/dɔ̃.pɛ/		 dompait
/dɔ̃.pɛ/		 dompions
/dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/		 dompiez
/dɔ̃.pje/		 dompaient
/dɔ̃.pɛ/
past historic2 dompai
/dɔ̃.pe/		 dompas
/dɔ̃.pa/		 dompa
/dɔ̃.pa/		 dompâmes
/dɔ̃.pam/		 dompâtes
/dɔ̃.pat/		 dompèrent
/dɔ̃.pɛʁ/
future domperai
/dɔ̃.pʁe/		 domperas
/dɔ̃.pʁa/		 dompera
/dɔ̃.pʁa/		 domperons
/dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/		 domperez
/dɔ̃.pʁe/		 domperont
/dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/
conditional domperais
/dɔ̃.pʁɛ/		 domperais
/dɔ̃.pʁɛ/		 domperait
/dɔ̃.pʁɛ/		 domperions
/dɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 domperiez
/dɔ̃.pə.ʁje/		 domperaient
/dɔ̃.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 dompe
/dɔ̃p/		 dompes
/dɔ̃p/		 dompe
/dɔ̃p/		 dompions
/dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/		 dompiez
/dɔ̃.pje/		 dompent
/dɔ̃p/
imperfect2 dompasse
/dɔ̃.pas/		 dompasses
/dɔ̃.pas/		 dompât
/dɔ̃.pa/		 dompassions
/dɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/		 dompassiez
/dɔ̃.pa.sje/		 dompassent
/dɔ̃.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dompe
/dɔ̃p/		 — dompons
/dɔ̃.pɔ̃/		 dompez
/dɔ̃.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).

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