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Webster 1913 Edition
Trapper
1.
One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
W. Irving.
2.
(Mining)
A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
Raymond.
Definition 2024
trapper
trapper
English
Noun
trapper (plural trappers)
- One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
- A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
- Ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping/caparison.
Translations
one who traps animals
French
Etymology
Verb
trapper
- To trap (hunt using traps)
Conjugation
Conjugation of trapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | trapper | avoir trappé | |||||
| gerund | en trappant | en ayant trappé | |||||
| present participle | trappant /tʁa.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | trappé /tʁa.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 | trappe /tʁap/ |
trappes /tʁap/ |
trappe /tʁap/ |
trappons /tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
trappez /tʁa.pe/ |
trappent /tʁap/ |
| imperfect | trappais /tʁa.pɛ/ |
trappais /tʁa.pɛ/ |
trappait /tʁa.pɛ/ |
trappions /tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
trappiez /tʁa.pje/ |
trappaient /tʁa.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | trappai /tʁa.pe/ |
trappas /tʁa.pa/ |
trappa /tʁa.pa/ |
trappâmes /tʁa.pam/ |
trappâtes /tʁa.pat/ |
trappèrent /tʁa.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | trapperai /tʁa.pʁe/ |
trapperas /tʁa.pʁa/ |
trappera /tʁa.pʁa/ |
trapperons /tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ |
trapperez /tʁa.pʁe/ |
trapperont /tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | trapperais /tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
trapperais /tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
trapperait /tʁa.pʁɛ/ |
trapperions /tʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trapperiez /tʁa.pə.ʁje/ |
trapperaient /tʁa.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 | trappe /tʁap/ |
trappes /tʁap/ |
trappe /tʁap/ |
trappions /tʁa.pjɔ̃/ |
trappiez /tʁa.pje/ |
trappent /tʁap/ |
| imperfect1 |
trappasse /tʁa.pas/ |
trappasses /tʁa.pas/ |
trappât /tʁa.pa/ |
trappassions /tʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
trappassiez /tʁa.pa.sje/ |
trappassent /tʁa.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 | – | |
| — | trappe /tʁap/ |
— | trappons /tʁa.pɔ̃/ |
trappez /tʁa.pe/ |
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