gripper
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪp.ə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪpə(r)
Noun
gripper (plural grippers)
- A person or thing that grips something.
- A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.pe/
Verb
gripper
Conjugation
Conjugation of gripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gripper | avoir grippé | |||||
| gerund | en grippant | en ayant grippé | |||||
| present participle | grippant /ɡʁi.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | grippé /ɡʁi.pe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippes /ɡʁip/ |
grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ |
grippez /ɡʁi.pe/ |
grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect | grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippait /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ |
grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ |
grippaient /ɡʁi.pɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | grippai /ɡʁi.pe/ |
grippas /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippa /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippâmes /ɡʁi.pam/ |
grippâtes /ɡʁi.pat/ |
grippèrent /ɡʁi.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | gripperai /ɡʁi.pʁe/ |
gripperas /ɡʁi.pʁa/ |
grippera /ɡʁi.pʁa/ |
gripperons /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ |
gripperez /ɡʁi.pʁe/ |
gripperont /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperait /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperions /ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gripperiez /ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/ |
gripperaient /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippes /ɡʁip/ |
grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ |
grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ |
grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect1 | grippasse /ɡʁi.pas/ |
grippasses /ɡʁi.pas/ |
grippât /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippassions /ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
grippassiez /ɡʁi.pa.sje/ |
grippassent /ɡʁi.pas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
— | grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ |
grippez /ɡʁi.pe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “gripper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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