domper

Dutch

Etymology

From dompen (“to dim, to dampen, to extinguish”) +‎ -er (denominative agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm.pər/

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• Hyphenation: dom‧per
• Rhymes: -ɔmpər

Noun

domper m (plural dompers, diminutive dompertje n)

1. conical candle extinguisher, snuffer
2. (Netherlands, historical, Protestantism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary orthodox Protestant linked to the Réveil
3. (Belgium, historical, Roman Catholicism, derogatory, by extension) reactionary Flemish Roman Catholic
4. (by extension) damper, disappointment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dump.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃.pe/

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• Homophones: dompai, dompé, dompée, dompées, dompés, dompez

Verb

domper

1. (Canada, slang) to dump (end a relationship)

   Synonym: larguer

Conjugation

Conjugation of domper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	domper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dompant /dɔ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dompé /dɔ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dompe /dɔ̃p/	dompes /dɔ̃p/	dompe /dɔ̃p/	dompons /dɔ̃.pɔ̃/	dompez /dɔ̃.pe/	dompent /dɔ̃p/
	imperfect	dompais /dɔ̃.pɛ/	dompais /dɔ̃.pɛ/	dompait /dɔ̃.pɛ/	dompions /dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	dompiez /dɔ̃.pje/	dompaient /dɔ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	dompai /dɔ̃.pe/	dompas /dɔ̃.pa/	dompa /dɔ̃.pa/	dompâmes /dɔ̃.pam/	dompâtes /dɔ̃.pat/	dompèrent /dɔ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	domperai /dɔ̃.pʁe/	domperas /dɔ̃.pʁa/	dompera /dɔ̃.pʁa/	domperons /dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/	domperez /dɔ̃.pʁe/	domperont /dɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	domperais /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/	domperais /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/	domperait /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/	domperions /dɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	domperiez /dɔ̃.pə.ʁje/	domperaient /dɔ̃.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dompe /dɔ̃p/	dompes /dɔ̃p/	dompe /dɔ̃p/	dompions /dɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	dompiez /dɔ̃.pje/	dompent /dɔ̃p/
	imperfect2	dompasse /dɔ̃.pas/	dompasses /dɔ̃.pas/	dompât /dɔ̃.pa/	dompassions /dɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	dompassiez /dɔ̃.pa.sje/	dompassent /dɔ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dompe /dɔ̃p/	—	dompons /dɔ̃.pɔ̃/	dompez /dɔ̃.pe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).