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coiffer
coiffer
French
Verb
coiffer
- (transitive) To cover the head.
- (transitive) To give a haircut; to do the hair of.
- (reflexive) To do one's own hair.
Conjugation
Conjugation of coiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | coiffer | avoir coiffé | |||||
| gerund | en coiffant | en ayant coiffé | |||||
| present participle | coiffant /kwa.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | coiffé /kwa.fe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | coiffe /kwaf/ |
coiffes /kwaf/ |
coiffe /kwaf/ |
coiffons /kwa.fɔ̃/ |
coiffez /kwa.fe/ |
coiffent /kwaf/ |
| imperfect | coiffais /kwa.fɛ/ |
coiffais /kwa.fɛ/ |
coiffait /kwa.fɛ/ |
coiffions /kwa.fjɔ̃/ |
coiffiez /kwa.fje/ |
coiffaient /kwa.fɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | coiffai /kwa.fe/ |
coiffas /kwa.fa/ |
coiffa /kwa.fa/ |
coiffâmes /kwa.fam/ |
coiffâtes /kwa.fat/ |
coiffèrent /kwa.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | coifferai /kwa.fʁe/ |
coifferas /kwa.fʁa/ |
coiffera /kwa.fʁa/ |
coifferons /kwa.fʁɔ̃/ |
coifferez /kwa.fʁe/ |
coifferont /kwa.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | coifferais /kwa.fʁɛ/ |
coifferais /kwa.fʁɛ/ |
coifferait /kwa.fʁɛ/ |
coifferions /kwa.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coifferiez /kwa.fə.ʁje/ |
coifferaient /kwa.fʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | coiffe /kwaf/ |
coiffes /kwaf/ |
coiffe /kwaf/ |
coiffions /kwa.fjɔ̃/ |
coiffiez /kwa.fje/ |
coiffent /kwaf/ |
| imperfect1 |
coiffasse /kwa.fas/ |
coiffasses /kwa.fas/ |
coiffât /kwa.fa/ |
coiffassions /kwa.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
coiffassiez /kwa.fa.sje/ |
coiffassent /kwa.fas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | coiffe /kwaf/ |
— | coiffons /kwa.fɔ̃/ |
coiffez /kwa.fe/ |
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