piaffer

English

Etymology

From French piaffer.

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

piaffer

1. definite singular of piaff