entrefrapper

See also: entre-frapper

Middle French

Etymology

Old French entrefraper.

Verb

entrefrapper

1. (reflexive, s'entrefrapper) to hit; to strike one another

Conjugation

• As parler but not used with singular pronouns (ie, tu, il, elle) because of its meaning.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of entrefrapper

infinitive	simple	entrefrapper
	compound	estre + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	entrefrappant
	compound	present participle or gerund of estre + past participle
past participle		entrefrappé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	—	—	—	nous entrefrappons	vous entrefrappez	s'entrefrappent
	imperfect	—	—	—	nous entrefrappions, entrefrappyons	vous entrefrappiez, entrefrappyez	s'entrefrappoient, entrefrappoyent
	past historic	—	—	—	nous entrefrappasmes	vous entrefrappastes	s'entrefrapperent
	future	—	—	—	nous entrefrapperons	vous entrefrapperez	s'entrefrapperont
	conditional	—	—	—	nous entrefrapperions, entrefrapperyons	vous entrefrapperiez, entrefrapperyez	s'entrefrapperoient, entrefrapperoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of estre + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	—	—	—	nous entrefrappons	vous entrefrappez	s'entrefrappent
	imperfect	—	—	—	nous entrefrappassions	vous entrefrappassiez	s'entrefrappassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	—	—	entrefrappons nous	entrefrappez vous	—
compound		—	simple imperative of estre + past participle	—	simple imperative of estre + past participle	simple imperative of estre + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).