japper
French
Etymology
From Middle French japper, from Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream”), related to Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), probably of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *galpōn (“to boast, brag, bark”), from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to sound out, boast”), related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”), Low German galpen (“to bark, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjalpa (“to yelp”), Swedish dialectal galpa (“to cry, screech”). Compare also English yap. More at galp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.pe/
Verb
japper
Usage notes
- Japper is much more commonly used in Canada than the more general aboyer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of japper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | japper | avoir jappé | |||||
| gerund | en jappant | en ayant jappé | |||||
| present participle | jappant /ʒa.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | jappé /ʒa.pe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | jappe /ʒap/ |
jappes /ʒap/ |
jappe /ʒap/ |
jappons /ʒa.pɔ̃/ |
jappez /ʒa.pe/ |
jappent /ʒap/ |
| imperfect | jappais /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappais /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappait /ʒa.pɛ/ |
jappions /ʒa.pjɔ̃/ |
jappiez /ʒa.pje/ |
jappaient /ʒa.pɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | jappai /ʒa.pe/ |
jappas /ʒa.pa/ |
jappa /ʒa.pa/ |
jappâmes /ʒa.pam/ |
jappâtes /ʒa.pat/ |
jappèrent /ʒa.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | japperai /ʒa.pʁe/ |
japperas /ʒa.pʁa/ |
jappera /ʒa.pʁa/ |
japperons /ʒa.pʁɔ̃/ |
japperez /ʒa.pʁe/ |
japperont /ʒa.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | japperais /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperais /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperait /ʒa.pʁɛ/ |
japperions /ʒa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
japperiez /ʒa.pə.ʁje/ |
japperaient /ʒa.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 | jappe /ʒap/ |
jappes /ʒap/ |
jappe /ʒap/ |
jappions /ʒa.pjɔ̃/ |
jappiez /ʒa.pje/ |
jappent /ʒap/ |
| imperfect1 | jappasse /ʒa.pas/ |
jappasses /ʒa.pas/ |
jappât /ʒa.pa/ |
jappassions /ʒa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
jappassiez /ʒa.pa.sje/ |
jappassent /ʒa.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 | – | |
| — | jappe /ʒap/ |
— | jappons /ʒa.pɔ̃/ |
jappez /ʒa.pe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “japper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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