kiffer

See also: Kiffer

French

FWOTD – 24 January 2020

Alternative forms

• kifer

Etymology

From kif +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.fe/

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Verb

kiffer

1. (slang, transitive) to love or to like

   Synonym: aimer Synonym: adorer

   Je te kiffe grave. ― I love you so much.

   • 2008, Maylis de Kerangal, Corniche Kennedy, →ISBN:

     Elle est bonne ? Tu kiffes les bourges ?

     Is she hot? You like poshos?

2. (slang, intransitive) to smoke hashish
   • 2003, Michel Meyer, Paroles d'auditeurs, page 126:

     – Ouais ! J’aime kiffer solo.

     Yeah! I like to blaze alone.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	kiffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	kiffant /ki.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		kiffé /ki.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	kiffe /kif/	kiffes /kif/	kiffe /kif/	kiffons /ki.fɔ̃/	kiffez /ki.fe/	kiffent /kif/
	imperfect	kiffais /ki.fɛ/	kiffais /ki.fɛ/	kiffait /ki.fɛ/	kiffions /ki.fjɔ̃/	kiffiez /ki.fje/	kiffaient /ki.fɛ/
	past historic2	kiffai /ki.fe/	kiffas /ki.fa/	kiffa /ki.fa/	kiffâmes /ki.fam/	kiffâtes /ki.fat/	kiffèrent /ki.fɛʁ/
	future	kifferai /ki.fʁe/	kifferas /ki.fʁa/	kiffera /ki.fʁa/	kifferons /ki.fʁɔ̃/	kifferez /ki.fʁe/	kifferont /ki.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	kifferais /ki.fʁɛ/	kifferais /ki.fʁɛ/	kifferait /ki.fʁɛ/	kifferions /ki.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	kifferiez /ki.fə.ʁje/	kifferaient /ki.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	kiffe /kif/	kiffes /kif/	kiffe /kif/	kiffions /ki.fjɔ̃/	kiffiez /ki.fje/	kiffent /kif/
	imperfect2	kiffasse /ki.fas/	kiffasses /ki.fas/	kiffât /ki.fa/	kiffassions /ki.fa.sjɔ̃/	kiffassiez /ki.fa.sje/	kiffassent /ki.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	kiffe /kif/	—	kiffons /ki.fɔ̃/	kiffez /ki.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: 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).