saper

See also: såper

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classial Latin sapiō, sapere (“taste”).

Verb

saper

1. to know

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.pe/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian zappare (“to hoe”).

Verb

saper

1. (transitive) to sap, do sapping work on
2. (transitive, figuratively) to erode, wear down, undermine

Derived terms

• sapeur

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

saper

1. (informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe) to dress

   Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.

   That guy is always well-dressed.

Etymology 3

Verb

saper

1. (transitive, informal, Quebec) to eat or chew noisily
2. (transitive, informal, Quebec) to slurp

Etymology 4

From sape, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappare, Friulian sapâ, Venetian sapar, Romanian săpa.

Verb

saper

1. (agriculture) to harvest or reap forage or cereals with a small scythe

Conjugation

  Conjugation of saper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		saper			avoir sapé
gerund		en sapant			en ayant sapé
present participle		sapant /sa.pɑ̃/
past participle		sapé /sa.pe/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	sape /sap/	sapes /sap/	sape /sap/	sapons /sa.pɔ̃/	sapez /sa.pe/	sapent /sap/
	imperfect	sapais /sa.pɛ/	sapais /sa.pɛ/	sapait /sa.pɛ/	sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/	sapiez /sa.pje/	sapaient /sa.pɛ/
	past historic1	sapai /sa.pe/	sapas /sa.pa/	sapa /sa.pa/	sapâmes /sa.pam/	sapâtes /sa.pat/	sapèrent /sa.pɛʁ/
	future	saperai /sa.pʁe/	saperas /sa.pʁa/	sapera /sa.pʁa/	saperons /sa.pʁɔ̃/	saperez /sa.pʁe/	saperont /sa.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	saperais /sa.pʁɛ/	saperais /sa.pʁɛ/	saperait /sa.pʁɛ/	saperions /sa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	saperiez /sa.pə.ʁje/	saperaient /sa.pʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	sape /sap/	sapes /sap/	sape /sap/	sapions /sa.pjɔ̃/	sapiez /sa.pje/	sapent /sap/
	imperfect1	sapasse /sa.pas/	sapasses /sa.pas/	sapât /sa.pa/	sapassions /sa.pa.sjɔ̃/	sapassiez /sa.pa.sje/	sapassent /sa.pas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	sape /sap/	—	sapons /sa.pɔ̃/	sapez /sa.pe/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• sape

Anagrams

• après, âpres, épars, pares, parés, râpes, râpés, repas

Further reading

• “saper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈper/

Verb

saper

1. to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of “saper”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		saper
		Present	Perfect
Participles		sapente	sapite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	sape	ha sapite
	Past	sapeva	habeva sapite
	Future	sapera	habera sapite
	Conditional	saperea	haberea sapite
	Imperative	sape	--
Passive voice	Present	es sapite	ha essite sapite
	Past	esseva sapite	habeva essite sapite
	Future	essera sapite	habera essite sapite
	Conditional	esserea sapite	haberea essite sapite
	Imperative	sia sapite	--

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Italian

Verb

saper

1. Apocopic form of sapere

Anagrams

• aspre, parse, persa, presa, spare, spera

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Torres Strait Creole

Pteropus livingstonii

Noun

saper

1. (Eastern dialect) flying fox, fruit bat

Synonyms

• sapur (Western dialect)