lamper

English

Etymology 1

lamp +‎ -er

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

1. One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.

   Synonyms: jacklighter, spotlighter

Etymology 2

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

1. (dialect) A lamprey.

Anagrams

• LaPerm, Marple, Palmer, ampler, palmer, relamp, repalm

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Danish

Noun

lamper c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of lampe

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French

Etymology

See laper (“to lap up”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.pe/

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Verb

lamper

1. (transitive) to quaff, to swig

Conjugation

Conjugation of lamper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lamper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lampant /lɑ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lampé /lɑ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lampe /lɑ̃p/	lampes /lɑ̃p/	lampe /lɑ̃p/	lampons /lɑ̃.pɔ̃/	lampez /lɑ̃.pe/	lampent /lɑ̃p/
	imperfect	lampais /lɑ̃.pɛ/	lampais /lɑ̃.pɛ/	lampait /lɑ̃.pɛ/	lampions /lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	lampiez /lɑ̃.pje/	lampaient /lɑ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	lampai /lɑ̃.pe/	lampas /lɑ̃.pa/	lampa /lɑ̃.pa/	lampâmes /lɑ̃.pam/	lampâtes /lɑ̃.pat/	lampèrent /lɑ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	lamperai /lɑ̃.pʁe/	lamperas /lɑ̃.pʁa/	lampera /lɑ̃.pʁa/	lamperons /lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/	lamperez /lɑ̃.pʁe/	lamperont /lɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lamperais /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/	lamperais /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/	lamperait /lɑ̃.pʁɛ/	lamperions /lɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	lamperiez /lɑ̃.pə.ʁje/	lamperaient /lɑ̃.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	lampe /lɑ̃p/	lampes /lɑ̃p/	lampe /lɑ̃p/	lampions /lɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	lampiez /lɑ̃.pje/	lampent /lɑ̃p/
	imperfect2	lampasse /lɑ̃.pas/	lampasses /lɑ̃.pas/	lampât /lɑ̃.pa/	lampassions /lɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	lampassiez /lɑ̃.pa.sje/	lampassent /lɑ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lampe /lɑ̃p/	—	lampons /lɑ̃.pɔ̃/	lampez /lɑ̃.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).

Derived terms

• lampée

Further reading

• “lamper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Brachet, A. (1873) “lamper”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lamper m or f

1. indefinite plural of lampe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lampar

Noun

lamper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of lampe