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napper
napper
English
Noun
napper (plural nappers)
- a person who takes a nap
- (obsolete) a sheep stealer
- (slang) the head
- 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did (page 96)
- As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.
- 2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did (page 96)
- (obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth
Synonyms
- (sheep thief): sheepstealer
Hypernyms
- (sheep thief): see Wikisaurus:rustler
French
Verb
napper
- (cooking) to cover (to cover something with sauce)
Conjugation
Conjugation of napper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | napper | avoir nappé | |||||
| gerund | en nappant | en ayant nappé | |||||
| present participle | nappant /na.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | nappé /na.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | nappe /nap/ |
nappes /nap/ |
nappe /nap/ |
nappons /na.pɔ̃/ |
nappez /na.pe/ |
nappent /nap/ |
| imperfect | nappais /na.pɛ/ |
nappais /na.pɛ/ |
nappait /na.pɛ/ |
nappions /na.pjɔ̃/ |
nappiez /na.pje/ |
nappaient /na.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nappai /na.pe/ |
nappas /na.pa/ |
nappa /na.pa/ |
nappâmes /na.pam/ |
nappâtes /na.pat/ |
nappèrent /na.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | napperai /na.pʁe/ |
napperas /na.pʁa/ |
nappera /na.pʁa/ |
napperons /na.pʁɔ̃/ |
napperez /na.pʁe/ |
napperont /na.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | napperais /na.pʁɛ/ |
napperais /na.pʁɛ/ |
napperait /na.pʁɛ/ |
napperions /na.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
napperiez /na.pə.ʁje/ |
napperaient /na.pʁɛ/ |
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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 | nappe /nap/ |
nappes /nap/ |
nappe /nap/ |
nappions /na.pjɔ̃/ |
nappiez /na.pje/ |
nappent /nap/ |
| imperfect1 |
nappasse /na.pas/ |
nappasses /na.pas/ |
nappât /na.pa/ |
nappassions /na.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
nappassiez /na.pa.sje/ |
nappassent /na.pas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | nappe /nap/ |
— | nappons /na.pɔ̃/ |
nappez /na.pe/ |
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