étoffer
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French estoffer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is needed, equip, decorate”) (originally: "stuff, upholster"), from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *stopfôn (“to put, shove, push in”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close, push, prick”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *stHb-, *stHbʰ-, *stemb-, *stembʰ- (“to stay, support, stamp, become angry, be amazed”). Cognate with Old High German stopfôn (“to put, shove, push in”), Old English stoppian (“to stop, close an aperture”). More at stop.
Pronunciation
Verb
étoffer
- to stuff (a pillow, food)
- Synonyms: confectionner, farcir
- (furniture) to upholster
- (clothing) to fill out
- to pad out; to flesh out (give something more substance)
- Synonym: enrichir
- (reflexive, also figurative) to fill out (to get plumper)
- Je grandis, je grossis, je m’étoffe.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2009 February 4, Claire Gatinois, “Hans Beck, créateur des figurines en plastique Playmobil”, in Le monde[1], archived from the original on 2009-02-05:
- L’univers de Playmobil s’est étoffé : animaux de la ferme, camions de pompiers, bateaux pirates… Une "ville Playmobil" a même été créée, à 10 kilomètres de Nuremberg.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | étoffer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | étoffant /e.tɔ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | étoffé /e.tɔ.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | étoffe /e.tɔf/ |
étoffes /e.tɔf/ |
étoffe /e.tɔf/ |
étoffons /e.tɔ.fɔ̃/ |
étoffez /e.tɔ.fe/ |
étoffent /e.tɔf/ |
imperfect | étoffais /e.tɔ.fɛ/ |
étoffais /e.tɔ.fɛ/ |
étoffait /e.tɔ.fɛ/ |
étoffions /e.tɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
étoffiez /e.tɔ.fje/ |
étoffaient /e.tɔ.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | étoffai /e.tɔ.fe/ |
étoffas /e.tɔ.fa/ |
étoffa /e.tɔ.fa/ |
étoffâmes /e.tɔ.fam/ |
étoffâtes /e.tɔ.fat/ |
étoffèrent /e.tɔ.fɛʁ/ | |
future | étofferai /e.tɔ.fʁe/ |
étofferas /e.tɔ.fʁa/ |
étoffera /e.tɔ.fʁa/ |
étofferons /e.tɔ.fʁɔ̃/ |
étofferez /e.tɔ.fʁe/ |
étofferont /e.tɔ.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | étofferais /e.tɔ.fʁɛ/ |
étofferais /e.tɔ.fʁɛ/ |
étofferait /e.tɔ.fʁɛ/ |
étofferions /e.tɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étofferiez /e.tɔ.fə.ʁje/ |
étofferaient /e.tɔ.fʁɛ/ | |
(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 | étoffe /e.tɔf/ |
étoffes /e.tɔf/ |
étoffe /e.tɔf/ |
étoffions /e.tɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
étoffiez /e.tɔ.fje/ |
étoffent /e.tɔf/ |
imperfect2 | étoffasse /e.tɔ.fas/ |
étoffasses /e.tɔ.fas/ |
étoffât /e.tɔ.fa/ |
étoffassions /e.tɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
étoffassiez /e.tɔ.fa.sje/ |
étoffassent /e.tɔ.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | étoffe /e.tɔf/ |
— | étoffons /e.tɔ.fɔ̃/ |
étoffez /e.tɔ.fe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “étoffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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