tapiner

French

Etymology

From tapin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta.pi.ne/
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Verb

tapiner

  1. (slang) to go on the game (to work as a prostitute)
    Synonyms: racoler, faire le tapin, faire le trottoir
  2. (slang, by extension) to work, to hustle

Conjugation
Conjugation of tapiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tapiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tapinant
/ta.pi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tapiné
/ta.pi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tapine
/ta.pin/		 tapines
/ta.pin/		 tapine
/ta.pin/		 tapinons
/ta.pi.nɔ̃/		 tapinez
/ta.pi.ne/		 tapinent
/ta.pin/
imperfect tapinais
/ta.pi.nɛ/		 tapinais
/ta.pi.nɛ/		 tapinait
/ta.pi.nɛ/		 tapinions
/ta.pi.njɔ̃/		 tapiniez
/ta.pi.nje/		 tapinaient
/ta.pi.nɛ/
past historic2 tapinai
/ta.pi.ne/		 tapinas
/ta.pi.na/		 tapina
/ta.pi.na/		 tapinâmes
/ta.pi.nam/		 tapinâtes
/ta.pi.nat/		 tapinèrent
/ta.pi.nɛʁ/
future tapinerai
/ta.pin.ʁe/		 tapineras
/ta.pin.ʁa/		 tapinera
/ta.pin.ʁa/		 tapinerons
/ta.pin.ʁɔ̃/		 tapinerez
/ta.pin.ʁe/		 tapineront
/ta.pin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tapinerais
/ta.pin.ʁɛ/		 tapinerais
/ta.pin.ʁɛ/		 tapinerait
/ta.pin.ʁɛ/		 tapinerions
/ta.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tapineriez
/ta.pi.nə.ʁje/		 tapineraient
/ta.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 tapine
/ta.pin/		 tapines
/ta.pin/		 tapine
/ta.pin/		 tapinions
/ta.pi.njɔ̃/		 tapiniez
/ta.pi.nje/		 tapinent
/ta.pin/
imperfect2 tapinasse
/ta.pi.nas/		 tapinasses
/ta.pi.nas/		 tapinât
/ta.pi.na/		 tapinassions
/ta.pi.na.sjɔ̃/		 tapinassiez
/ta.pi.na.sje/		 tapinassent
/ta.pi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tapine
/ta.pin/		 — tapinons
/ta.pi.nɔ̃/		 tapinez
/ta.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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