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saper
saper
See also: såper
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.pe/
Etymology 1
Verb
saper
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
saper
- (informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe) to dress
- Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.
- That guy is always well-dressed.
- Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.
Etymology 3
Verb
saper
Etymology 4
From sape, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappare, Friulian sapâ, Venetian sapar, Romanian săpa.
Verb
saper
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of saper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | saper | avoir sapé | |||||
| gerund | en sapant | en ayant sapé | |||||
| present participle | sapant /sa.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sapé /sa.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 | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
sapent /sap/ |
| imperfect | sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapais /sa.pɛ/ |
sapait /sa.pɛ/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapaient /sa.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sapai /sa.pe/ |
sapas /sa.pa/ |
sapa /sa.pa/ |
sapâmes /sa.pam/ |
sapâtes /sa.pat/ |
sapèrent /sa.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | saperai /sa.pʁe/ |
saperas /sa.pʁa/ |
sapera /sa.pʁa/ |
saperons /sa.pʁɔ̃/ |
saperez /sa.pʁe/ |
saperont /sa.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperais /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperait /sa.pʁɛ/ |
saperions /sa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
saperiez /sa.pə.ʁje/ |
saperaient /sa.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 | sape /sap/ |
sapes /sap/ |
sape /sap/ |
sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/ |
sapiez /sa.pje/ |
sapent /sap/ |
| imperfect1 |
sapasse /sa.pas/ |
sapasses /sa.pas/ |
sapât /sa.pa/ |
sapassions /sa.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
sapassiez /sa.pa.sje/ |
sapassent /sa.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 | – | |
| — | sape /sap/ |
— | sapons /sa.pɔ̃/ |
sapez /sa.pe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈper/
Verb
saper
- to know
Conjugation
Conjugation of “saper”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | saper | ||
| Present | Perfect | ||
| Participles | sapente | sapite | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | sape | ha sapite |
| Past | sapeva | habeva sapite | |
| Future | sapera | habera sapite | |
| Conditional | saperea | haberea sapite | |
| Imperative | sape | -- | |
| Passive voice | Present | es sapite | ha essite sapite |
| Past | esseva sapite | habeva essite sapite | |
| Future | essera sapite | habera essite sapite | |
| Conditional | esserea sapite | haberea essite sapite | |
| Imperative | sia sapite | -- | |
Torres Strait Creole
Pteropus livingstonii
Noun
saper
- (Eastern dialect) flying fox, fruit bat
Synonyms
- sapur (Western dialect)