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zipper
zipper
English
Noun
zipper (plural zippers)
- (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
- A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
- (biochemistry) leucine zipper
Synonyms
- slide fastener
- zip (British), zip fastener (British)
Meronyms
Translations
zip fastener — see zip fastener
Verb
zipper (third-person singular simple present zippers, present participle zippering, simple past and past participle zippered)
- to close a zipper.
- He zippered his sweater against the cold.
- to put a zipper on an article.
- These fall jackets are zippered.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zipe/
Verb
zipper
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of zipper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | zipper | avoir zippé | |||||
| gerund | en zippant | en ayant zippé | |||||
| present participle | zippant /zi.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | zippé /zi.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 | zippe /zip/ |
zippes /zip/ |
zippe /zip/ |
zippons /zi.pɔ̃/ |
zippez /zi.pe/ |
zippent /zip/ |
| imperfect | zippais /zi.pɛ/ |
zippais /zi.pɛ/ |
zippait /zi.pɛ/ |
zippions /zi.pjɔ̃/ |
zippiez /zi.pje/ |
zippaient /zi.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | zippai /zi.pe/ |
zippas /zi.pa/ |
zippa /zi.pa/ |
zippâmes /zi.pam/ |
zippâtes /zi.pat/ |
zippèrent /zi.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | zipperai /zi.pʁe/ |
zipperas /zi.pʁa/ |
zippera /zi.pʁa/ |
zipperons /zi.pʁɔ̃/ |
zipperez /zi.pʁe/ |
zipperont /zi.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | zipperais /zi.pʁɛ/ |
zipperais /zi.pʁɛ/ |
zipperait /zi.pʁɛ/ |
zipperions /zi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zipperiez /zi.pə.ʁje/ |
zipperaient /zi.pʁɛ/ |
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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 | zippe /zip/ |
zippes /zip/ |
zippe /zip/ |
zippions /zi.pjɔ̃/ |
zippiez /zi.pje/ |
zippent /zip/ |
| imperfect1 |
zippasse /zi.pas/ |
zippasses /zi.pas/ |
zippât /zi.pa/ |
zippassions /zi.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
zippassiez /zi.pa.sje/ |
zippassent /zi.pas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | zippe /zip/ |
— | zippons /zi.pɔ̃/ |
zippez /zi.pe/ |
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