claper
Catalan
Etymology
From clapa. Compare French clapier.
Pronunciation
Noun
claper m (plural clapers)
Further reading
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “claper”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- “claper”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “claper”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
French
Etymology
Formed from the onomatopoeic root *klapp-. There may have been some influence from a Germanic language such as Dutch klappen (“to clap”).
Pronunciation
Verb
claper
Conjugation
Conjugation of claper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | claper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clapant /kla.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clapé /kla.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clape /klap/ |
clapes /klap/ |
clape /klap/ |
clapons /kla.pɔ̃/ |
clapez /kla.pe/ |
clapent /klap/ |
| imperfect | clapais /kla.pɛ/ |
clapais /kla.pɛ/ |
clapait /kla.pɛ/ |
clapions /kla.pjɔ̃/ |
clapiez /kla.pje/ |
clapaient /kla.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clapai /kla.pe/ |
clapas /kla.pa/ |
clapa /kla.pa/ |
clapâmes /kla.pam/ |
clapâtes /kla.pat/ |
clapèrent /kla.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | claperai /kla.pʁe/ |
claperas /kla.pʁa/ |
clapera /kla.pʁa/ |
claperons /kla.pʁɔ̃/ |
claperez /kla.pʁe/ |
claperont /kla.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | claperais /kla.pʁɛ/ |
claperais /kla.pʁɛ/ |
claperait /kla.pʁɛ/ |
claperions /kla.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claperiez /kla.pə.ʁje/ |
claperaient /kla.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 | clape /klap/ |
clapes /klap/ |
clape /klap/ |
clapions /kla.pjɔ̃/ |
clapiez /kla.pje/ |
clapent /klap/ |
| imperfect2 | clapasse /kla.pas/ |
clapasses /kla.pas/ |
clapât /kla.pa/ |
clapassions /kla.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
clapassiez /kla.pa.sje/ |
clapassent /kla.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clape /klap/ |
— | clapons /kla.pɔ̃/ |
clapez /kla.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||