happer

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French happer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Words of similar form and meaning are found in nearby Germanic languages but are of later attestation: Dutch happen, German Happen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.pe/
  • Audio (Lyon, France)(file)

Verb[edit]

happer (transitive)

  1. to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
    On lui jeta un os, et il le happa. ― They threw it a bone, and it snapped it up.
  2. (figurative) to grab, to seize
  3. (colloquial) to strike forcefully
    Il a été happé par une automobile et tué sur le coup. ― He was hit by a car and killed on the spot.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of happer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple happer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple happant
/a.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle happé
/a.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present happe
/ap/ 		happes
/ap/ 		happe
/ap/ 		happons
/a.pɔ̃/ 		happez
/a.pe/ 		happent
/ap/
imperfect happais
/a.pɛ/ 		happais
/a.pɛ/ 		happait
/a.pɛ/ 		happions
/a.pjɔ̃/ 		happiez
/a.pje/ 		happaient
/a.pɛ/
past historic2 happai
/a.pe/ 		happas
/a.pa/ 		happa
/a.pa/ 		happâmes
/a.pam/ 		happâtes
/a.pat/ 		happèrent
/a.pɛʁ/
future happerai
/a.pʁe/ 		happeras
/a.pʁa/ 		happera
/a.pʁa/ 		happerons
/a.pʁɔ̃/ 		happerez
/a.pʁe/ 		happeront
/a.pʁɔ̃/
conditional happerais
/a.pʁɛ/ 		happerais
/a.pʁɛ/ 		happerait
/a.pʁɛ/ 		happerions
/a.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		happeriez
/a.pə.ʁje/ 		happeraient
/a.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 happe
/ap/ 		happes
/ap/ 		happe
/ap/ 		happions
/a.pjɔ̃/ 		happiez
/a.pje/ 		happent
/ap/
imperfect2 happasse
/a.pas/ 		happasses
/a.pas/ 		happât
/a.pa/ 		happassions
/a.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		happassiez
/a.pa.sje/ 		happassent
/a.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — happe
/ap/ 		— happons
/a.pɔ̃/ 		happez
/a.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).

Further reading[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse harpa (“to grip, pinch”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb[edit]

happer (gerund happ'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to catch

Antonyms[edit]

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