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piaffer
piaffer
English
Noun
piaffer (plural piaffers)
- A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs.
French
Etymology
Onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjafe/
Verb
piaffer
- (of horse) to stamp, paw the ground
- (of person) to stamp one's feet
Conjugation
Conjugation of piaffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | piaffer | avoir piaffé | |||||
| gerund | en piaffant | en ayant piaffé | |||||
| present participle | piaffant /pja.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | piaffé /pja.fe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | piaffe /pjaf/ |
piaffes /pjaf/ |
piaffe /pjaf/ |
piaffons /pja.fɔ̃/ |
piaffez /pja.fe/ |
piaffent /pjaf/ |
| imperfect | piaffais /pja.fɛ/ |
piaffais /pja.fɛ/ |
piaffait /pja.fɛ/ |
piaffions /pja.fjɔ̃/ |
piaffiez /pja.fje/ |
piaffaient /pja.fɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | piaffai /pja.fe/ |
piaffas /pja.fa/ |
piaffa /pja.fa/ |
piaffâmes /pja.fam/ |
piaffâtes /pja.fat/ |
piaffèrent /pja.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | piafferai /pja.fʁe/ |
piafferas /pja.fʁa/ |
piaffera /pja.fʁa/ |
piafferons /pja.fʁɔ̃/ |
piafferez /pja.fʁe/ |
piafferont /pja.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | piafferais /pja.fʁɛ/ |
piafferais /pja.fʁɛ/ |
piafferait /pja.fʁɛ/ |
piafferions /pja.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
piafferiez /pja.fə.ʁje/ |
piafferaient /pja.fʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | piaffe /pjaf/ |
piaffes /pjaf/ |
piaffe /pjaf/ |
piaffions /pja.fjɔ̃/ |
piaffiez /pja.fje/ |
piaffent /pjaf/ |
| imperfect1 |
piaffasse /pja.fas/ |
piaffasses /pja.fas/ |
piaffât /pja.fa/ |
piaffassions /pja.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
piaffassiez /pja.fa.sje/ |
piaffassent /pja.fas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | piaffe /pjaf/ |
— | piaffons /pja.fɔ̃/ |
piaffez /pja.fe/ |
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