gripper

English

Etymology

to grip + -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɹɪp.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"grIp.@(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɪpə(r)

Noun

gripper (plural grippers)

1. a person or thing that grips something
2. a cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
3. (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice
4. (rail transport, slang) a ticket collector

Derived terms

• microgripper

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).

Verb

gripper

1. to grab, to grasp

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gripper			avoir grippé
gerund		en grippant			en ayant grippé
present participle		grippant
past participle		grippé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	grippe	grippes	grippe	grippons	grippez	grippent
	imperfect	grippais	grippais	grippait	grippions	grippiez	grippaient
	past historic1	grippai	grippas	grippa	grippâmes	grippâtes	grippèrent
	future	gripperai	gripperas	grippera	gripperons	gripperez	gripperont
	conditional	gripperais	gripperais	gripperait	gripperions	gripperiez	gripperaient
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	grippe	grippes	grippe	grippions	grippiez	grippent
	imperfect1	grippasse	grippasses	grippât	grippassions	grippassiez	grippassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	grippe	—	grippons	grippez	—
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