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sniffer
sniffer
English
Noun
sniffer (plural sniffers)
- (informal) One who sniffs.
- (informal) The nose.
- (networking) A mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
one who sniffs
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a mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic
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French
Verb
sniffer
Conjugation
Conjugation of sniffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sniffer | avoir sniffé | |||||
| gerund | en sniffant | en ayant sniffé | |||||
| present participle | sniffant /sni.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sniffé /sni.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 | sniffe /snif/ |
sniffes /snif/ |
sniffe /snif/ |
sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ |
sniffez /sni.fe/ |
sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect | sniffais /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffais /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffait /sni.fɛ/ |
sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ |
sniffiez /sni.fje/ |
sniffaient /sni.fɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sniffai /sni.fe/ |
sniffas /sni.fa/ |
sniffa /sni.fa/ |
sniffâmes /sni.fam/ |
sniffâtes /sni.fat/ |
sniffèrent /sni.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | snifferai /sni.fʁe/ |
snifferas /sni.fʁa/ |
sniffera /sni.fʁa/ |
snifferons /sni.fʁɔ̃/ |
snifferez /sni.fʁe/ |
snifferont /sni.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferais /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferait /sni.fʁɛ/ |
snifferions /sni.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
snifferiez /sni.fə.ʁje/ |
snifferaient /sni.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 | sniffe /snif/ |
sniffes /snif/ |
sniffe /snif/ |
sniffions /sni.fjɔ̃/ |
sniffiez /sni.fje/ |
sniffent /snif/ |
| imperfect1 |
sniffasse /sni.fas/ |
sniffasses /sni.fas/ |
sniffât /sni.fa/ |
sniffassions /sni.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
sniffassiez /sni.fa.sje/ |
sniffassent /sni.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 | – | |
| — | sniffe /snif/ |
— | sniffons /sni.fɔ̃/ |
sniffez /sni.fe/ |
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