ramper

English

Etymology

From ramp +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Noun

ramper (plural rampers)

1. (historical) One of a gang of ruffians who intimidated bookmakers at races, claiming to have placed bets when they had not.

Derived terms

• ramper eel

Anagrams

• Parmer, prearm

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl up, climb”), from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn, from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrink up, shrivel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.pe/

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Verb

ramper

1. to crawl, worm (along); to creep

Conjugation

Conjugation of ramper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ramper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rampant /ʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rampé /ʁɑ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rampe /ʁɑ̃p/	rampes /ʁɑ̃p/	rampe /ʁɑ̃p/	rampons /ʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	rampez /ʁɑ̃.pe/	rampent /ʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect	rampais /ʁɑ̃.pɛ/	rampais /ʁɑ̃.pɛ/	rampait /ʁɑ̃.pɛ/	rampions /ʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	rampiez /ʁɑ̃.pje/	rampaient /ʁɑ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	rampai /ʁɑ̃.pe/	rampas /ʁɑ̃.pa/	rampa /ʁɑ̃.pa/	rampâmes /ʁɑ̃.pam/	rampâtes /ʁɑ̃.pat/	rampèrent /ʁɑ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	ramperai /ʁɑ̃.pʁe/	ramperas /ʁɑ̃.pʁa/	rampera /ʁɑ̃.pʁa/	ramperons /ʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/	ramperez /ʁɑ̃.pʁe/	ramperont /ʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ramperais /ʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	ramperais /ʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	ramperait /ʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	ramperions /ʁɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	ramperiez /ʁɑ̃.pə.ʁje/	ramperaient /ʁɑ̃.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	rampe /ʁɑ̃p/	rampes /ʁɑ̃p/	rampe /ʁɑ̃p/	rampions /ʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	rampiez /ʁɑ̃.pje/	rampent /ʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect2	rampasse /ʁɑ̃.pas/	rampasses /ʁɑ̃.pas/	rampât /ʁɑ̃.pa/	rampassions /ʁɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	rampassiez /ʁɑ̃.pa.sje/	rampassent /ʁɑ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rampe /ʁɑ̃p/	—	rampons /ʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	rampez /ʁɑ̃.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).

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: ranpe

Further reading

• “ramper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ramper m or f

1. indefinite plural of rampe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rampar

Noun

ramper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of rampe

Old French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb- (“to turn, bend, shrink, rotate, touch, attack”); see also *hrapōną (“to graze, scrape”).

Verb

ramper

1. to climb; to ascend; to go up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-mps, *-mpt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ramper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ramper			avoir rampé
gerund		en rampant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		rampant
past participle		rampé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ramp	rampes	rampe	rampons	rampez	rampent
	imperfect	rampoie, rampeie, rampoe, rampeve	rampoies, rampeies, rampoes, rampeves	rampoit, rampeit, rampot, rampeve	rampiiens, rampiens	rampiiez, rampiez	rampoient, rampeient, rampoent, rampevent
	preterite	rampai	rampas	rampa	rampames	rampastes	ramperent
	future	ramperai	ramperas	rampera	ramperons	ramperoiz, rampereiz, ramperez	ramperont
	conditional	ramperoie, rampereie	ramperoies, rampereies	ramperoit, rampereit	ramperiiens, ramperiens	ramperiiez, ramperiez	ramperoient, rampereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ramp	rans	rant	rampons	rampez	rampent
	imperfect	rampasse	rampasses	rampast	rampissons, rampissiens	rampissoiz, rampissez, rampissiez	rampassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rampe	—	rampons	rampez	—

Derived terms

• rampant

Descendants

• → English: ramp
• French: ramper

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN