piaffer

English

Etymology

French

Noun

piaffer (plural piaffers)

  1. A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs.

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pja.fe/
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Verb

piaffer

  1. (of horse) to stamp, paw the ground
  2. (of person) to stamp one's feet

Conjugation
Conjugation of piaffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple piaffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple piaffant
/pja.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle piaffé
/pja.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present piaffe
/pjaf/		 piaffes
/pjaf/		 piaffe
/pjaf/		 piaffons
/pja.fɔ̃/		 piaffez
/pja.fe/		 piaffent
/pjaf/
imperfect piaffais
/pja.fɛ/		 piaffais
/pja.fɛ/		 piaffait
/pja.fɛ/		 piaffions
/pja.fjɔ̃/		 piaffiez
/pja.fje/		 piaffaient
/pja.fɛ/
past historic2 piaffai
/pja.fe/		 piaffas
/pja.fa/		 piaffa
/pja.fa/		 piaffâmes
/pja.fam/		 piaffâtes
/pja.fat/		 piaffèrent
/pja.fɛʁ/
future piafferai
/pja.fʁe/		 piafferas
/pja.fʁa/		 piaffera
/pja.fʁa/		 piafferons
/pja.fʁɔ̃/		 piafferez
/pja.fʁe/		 piafferont
/pja.fʁɔ̃/
conditional piafferais
/pja.fʁɛ/		 piafferais
/pja.fʁɛ/		 piafferait
/pja.fʁɛ/		 piafferions
/pja.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 piafferiez
/pja.fə.ʁje/		 piafferaient
/pja.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 piaffe
/pjaf/		 piaffes
/pjaf/		 piaffe
/pjaf/		 piaffions
/pja.fjɔ̃/		 piaffiez
/pja.fje/		 piaffent
/pjaf/
imperfect2 piaffasse
/pja.fas/		 piaffasses
/pja.fas/		 piaffât
/pja.fa/		 piaffassions
/pja.fa.sjɔ̃/		 piaffassiez
/pja.fa.sje/		 piaffassent
/pja.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — piaffe
/pjaf/		 — piaffons
/pja.fɔ̃/		 piaffez
/pja.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).

Descendants
  • → Italian: piaffare

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