biper

See also: bíper

French

Etymology

From bip +‎ -er, of onomatopoeic origin

Pronunciation

Verb

biper

  1. to beep, to buzz (contact by phone or by beeper)
  2. to bleep out (censor offensive or sensitive language with a beep sound)

Conjugation
Conjugation of biper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bipant
/bi.pɑ̃/
past participle bipé
/bi.pe/
infinitive
simple biper
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bipant
/bi.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bipe
/bip/		 bipes
/bip/		 bipe
/bip/		 bipons
/bi.pɔ̃/		 bipez
/bi.pe/		 bipent
/bip/
imperfect bipais
/bi.pɛ/		 bipais
/bi.pɛ/		 bipait
/bi.pɛ/		 bipions
/bi.pjɔ̃/		 bipiez
/bi.pje/		 bipaient
/bi.pɛ/
past historic2 bipai
/bi.pe/		 bipas
/bi.pa/		 bipa
/bi.pa/		 bipâmes
/bi.pam/		 bipâtes
/bi.pat/		 bipèrent
/bi.pɛʁ/
future biperai
/bi.pʁe/		 biperas
/bi.pʁa/		 bipera
/bi.pʁa/		 biperons
/bi.pʁɔ̃/		 biperez
/bi.pʁe/		 biperont
/bi.pʁɔ̃/
conditional biperais
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperais
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperait
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperions
/bi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 biperiez
/bi.pə.ʁje/		 biperaient
/bi.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 bipe
/bip/		 bipes
/bip/		 bipe
/bip/		 bipions
/bi.pjɔ̃/		 bipiez
/bi.pje/		 bipent
/bip/
imperfect2 bipasse
/bi.pas/		 bipasses
/bi.pas/		 bipât
/bi.pa/		 bipassions
/bi.pa.sjɔ̃/		 bipassiez
/bi.pa.sje/		 bipassent
/bi.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bipe
/bip/		 — bipons
/bi.pɔ̃/		 bipez
/bi.pe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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