agripper

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French agriper (“to snatch”), from Frankish *angrīpan (“to seize”), from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on-”) + *grīpaną (“to take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”). Cognate with Middle Dutch aengrīpen (“to grasp, seize”), Old High German anagrīfan (“to touch, grasp”), Old English grīpan (“to seize, snatch, take, apprehend”). More at grip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡʁi.pe/

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Verb

agripper

1. to grip, grab, cling on to, grab hold of

Conjugation

Conjugation of agripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	agripper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	agrippant /a.ɡʁi.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		agrippé /a.ɡʁi.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	agrippe /a.ɡʁip/	agrippes /a.ɡʁip/	agrippe /a.ɡʁip/	agrippons /a.ɡʁi.pɔ̃/	agrippez /a.ɡʁi.pe/	agrippent /a.ɡʁip/
	imperfect	agrippais /a.ɡʁi.pɛ/	agrippais /a.ɡʁi.pɛ/	agrippait /a.ɡʁi.pɛ/	agrippions /a.ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/	agrippiez /a.ɡʁi.pje/	agrippaient /a.ɡʁi.pɛ/
	past historic2	agrippai /a.ɡʁi.pe/	agrippas /a.ɡʁi.pa/	agrippa /a.ɡʁi.pa/	agrippâmes /a.ɡʁi.pam/	agrippâtes /a.ɡʁi.pat/	agrippèrent /a.ɡʁi.pɛʁ/
	future	agripperai /a.ɡʁi.pʁe/	agripperas /a.ɡʁi.pʁa/	agrippera /a.ɡʁi.pʁa/	agripperons /a.ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/	agripperez /a.ɡʁi.pʁe/	agripperont /a.ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	agripperais /a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/	agripperais /a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/	agripperait /a.ɡʁi.pʁɛ/	agripperions /a.ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	agripperiez /a.ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/	agripperaient /a.ɡʁi.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	agrippe /a.ɡʁip/	agrippes /a.ɡʁip/	agrippe /a.ɡʁip/	agrippions /a.ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/	agrippiez /a.ɡʁi.pje/	agrippent /a.ɡʁip/
	imperfect2	agrippasse /a.ɡʁi.pas/	agrippasses /a.ɡʁi.pas/	agrippât /a.ɡʁi.pa/	agrippassions /a.ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/	agrippassiez /a.ɡʁi.pa.sje/	agrippassent /a.ɡʁi.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	agrippe /a.ɡʁip/	—	agrippons /a.ɡʁi.pɔ̃/	agrippez /a.ɡʁi.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: 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

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

Anagrams

• grippera