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Grouper
Group′er
,Noun.
[Corrupted fr. Pg.
garupa
crupper. Cf. Garbupa
.] (Zool.)
(a)
One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus
Epinephelus
, of the family Serranidæ
, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (Epinephelus morio
), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus
), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b)
The tripletail (
Lobotes
). (c)
In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.
[Written also
groper
, gruper
, and trooper
.] Definition 2024
grouper
grouper
English
A giant grouper
Noun
grouper (plural groupers or grouper)
- Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
Translations
fish
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁu.pe/
Verb
grouper
- to group (to put together to form a group)
Conjugation
Conjugation of grouper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grouper | avoir groupé | |||||
| gerund | en groupant | en ayant groupé | |||||
| present participle | groupant /ɡʁu.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | groupé /ɡʁu.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | groupe /ɡʁup/ |
groupes /ɡʁup/ |
groupe /ɡʁup/ |
groupons /ɡʁu.pɔ̃/ |
groupez /ɡʁu.pe/ |
groupent /ɡʁup/ |
| imperfect | groupais /ɡʁu.pɛ/ |
groupais /ɡʁu.pɛ/ |
groupait /ɡʁu.pɛ/ |
groupions /ɡʁu.pjɔ̃/ |
groupiez /ɡʁu.pje/ |
groupaient /ɡʁu.pɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | groupai /ɡʁu.pe/ |
groupas /ɡʁu.pa/ |
groupa /ɡʁu.pa/ |
groupâmes /ɡʁu.pam/ |
groupâtes /ɡʁu.pat/ |
groupèrent /ɡʁu.pɛʁ/ |
|
| future | grouperai /ɡʁu.pʁe/ |
grouperas /ɡʁu.pʁa/ |
groupera /ɡʁu.pʁa/ |
grouperons /ɡʁu.pʁɔ̃/ |
grouperez /ɡʁu.pʁe/ |
grouperont /ɡʁu.pʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | grouperais /ɡʁu.pʁɛ/ |
grouperais /ɡʁu.pʁɛ/ |
grouperait /ɡʁu.pʁɛ/ |
grouperions /ɡʁu.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grouperiez /ɡʁu.pə.ʁje/ |
grouperaient /ɡʁu.pʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | groupe /ɡʁup/ |
groupes /ɡʁup/ |
groupe /ɡʁup/ |
groupions /ɡʁu.pjɔ̃/ |
groupiez /ɡʁu.pje/ |
groupent /ɡʁup/ |
| imperfect1 |
groupasse /ɡʁu.pas/ |
groupasses /ɡʁu.pas/ |
groupât /ɡʁu.pa/ |
groupassions /ɡʁu.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
groupassiez /ɡʁu.pa.sje/ |
groupassent /ɡʁu.pas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | groupe /ɡʁup/ |
— | groupons /ɡʁu.pɔ̃/ |
groupez /ɡʁu.pe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||