suiffer

French

Alternative forms

• suifer

Etymology

From suif +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥi.fe/

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Verb

suiffer

1. to coat or wrap in suet or tallow

Conjugation

Conjugation of suiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	suiffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	suiffant /sɥi.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		suiffé /sɥi.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	suiffe /sɥif/	suiffes /sɥif/	suiffe /sɥif/	suiffons /sɥi.fɔ̃/	suiffez /sɥi.fe/	suiffent /sɥif/
	imperfect	suiffais /sɥi.fɛ/	suiffais /sɥi.fɛ/	suiffait /sɥi.fɛ/	suiffions /sɥi.fjɔ̃/	suiffiez /sɥi.fje/	suiffaient /sɥi.fɛ/
	past historic2	suiffai /sɥi.fe/	suiffas /sɥi.fa/	suiffa /sɥi.fa/	suiffâmes /sɥi.fam/	suiffâtes /sɥi.fat/	suiffèrent /sɥi.fɛʁ/
	future	suifferai /sɥi.fʁe/	suifferas /sɥi.fʁa/	suiffera /sɥi.fʁa/	suifferons /sɥi.fʁɔ̃/	suifferez /sɥi.fʁe/	suifferont /sɥi.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	suifferais /sɥi.fʁɛ/	suifferais /sɥi.fʁɛ/	suifferait /sɥi.fʁɛ/	suifferions /sɥi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	suifferiez /sɥi.fə.ʁje/	suifferaient /sɥi.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	suiffe /sɥif/	suiffes /sɥif/	suiffe /sɥif/	suiffions /sɥi.fjɔ̃/	suiffiez /sɥi.fje/	suiffent /sɥif/
	imperfect2	suiffasse /sɥi.fas/	suiffasses /sɥi.fas/	suiffât /sɥi.fa/	suiffassions /sɥi.fa.sjɔ̃/	suiffassiez /sɥi.fa.sje/	suiffassent /sɥi.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	suiffe /sɥif/	—	suiffons /sɥi.fɔ̃/	suiffez /sɥi.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).

Further reading

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