lofer

See also: Lofer

English

Etymology

See loafer (“wolf”).

Noun

lofer (plural lofers)

  1. 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

lof +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔ.fe/

Verb

lofer

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to luff
  2. (intransitive, nautical) to luff up, bear up

Conjugation
Conjugation of lofer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle lofant
/lɔ.fɑ̃/
past participle lofé
/lɔ.fe/
infinitive
simple lofer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple lofant
/lɔ.fɑ̃/
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 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 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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