lofer
See also: Lofer
English
Etymology
See loafer (“wolf”).
Noun
lofer (plural lofers)
- Alternative form of loafer (“timber wolf”).
- 1921, Zane Grey, To The Last Man:
- He's part lofer, Jean. His mother was a favorite shepherd dog of mine. His father was a big timber wolf that took us two years to kill.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ.fe/
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Verb
lofer
Conjugation
Conjugation of lofer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lofer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lofant /lɔ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lofé /lɔ.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lofe /lɔf/ |
lofes /lɔf/ |
lofe /lɔf/ |
lofons /lɔ.fɔ̃/ |
lofez /lɔ.fe/ |
lofent /lɔf/ |
| imperfect | lofais /lɔ.fɛ/ |
lofais /lɔ.fɛ/ |
lofait /lɔ.fɛ/ |
lofions /lɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
lofiez /lɔ.fje/ |
lofaient /lɔ.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lofai /lɔ.fe/ |
lofas /lɔ.fa/ |
lofa /lɔ.fa/ |
lofâmes /lɔ.fam/ |
lofâtes /lɔ.fat/ |
lofèrent /lɔ.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | loferai /lɔ.fʁe/ |
loferas /lɔ.fʁa/ |
lofera /lɔ.fʁa/ |
loferons /lɔ.fʁɔ̃/ |
loferez /lɔ.fʁe/ |
loferont /lɔ.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | loferais /lɔ.fʁɛ/ |
loferais /lɔ.fʁɛ/ |
loferait /lɔ.fʁɛ/ |
loferions /lɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
loferiez /lɔ.fə.ʁje/ |
loferaient /lɔ.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 | lofe /lɔf/ |
lofes /lɔf/ |
lofe /lɔf/ |
lofions /lɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
lofiez /lɔ.fje/ |
lofent /lɔf/ |
| imperfect2 | lofasse /lɔ.fas/ |
lofasses /lɔ.fas/ |
lofât /lɔ.fa/ |
lofassions /lɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
lofassiez /lɔ.fa.sje/ |
lofassent /lɔ.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lofe /lɔf/ |
— | lofons /lɔ.fɔ̃/ |
lofez /lɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “lofer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “English loafer?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
lofer m pers
- (Łowicz) synonym of pędziwiatr / włóczęga
Derived terms
verbs
- lofrować impf
Further reading
- Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “lofer”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 38