kiffer

See also: Kiffer

French
FWOTD – 24 January 2020

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kif +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ki.fe/
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Verb

kiffer

  1. (slang, transitive) to love or like
    • 2008, Maylis de Kerangal, Corniche Kennedy, →ISBN:
      Elle est bonne ? Tu kiffes les bourges ?
      Is she hot? You like poshos?
    Je te kiffe grave. ― I love you so much.
    Synonym: aimer
  2. (slang, intransitive) to smoke hashish
    • 2003, Michel Meyer, Paroles d'auditeurs, page 126:
      – Ouais ! J'aime kiffer solo.
      Yeah! I like to blaze alone.

Conjugation
Conjugation of kiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple kiffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple kiffant
/ki.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle kiffé
/ki.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present kiffe
/kif/		 kiffes
/kif/		 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffons
/ki.fɔ̃/		 kiffez
/ki.fe/		 kiffent
/kif/
imperfect kiffais
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffais
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffait
/ki.fɛ/		 kiffions
/ki.fjɔ̃/		 kiffiez
/ki.fje/		 kiffaient
/ki.fɛ/
past historic2 kiffai
/ki.fe/		 kiffas
/ki.fa/		 kiffa
/ki.fa/		 kiffâmes
/ki.fam/		 kiffâtes
/ki.fat/		 kiffèrent
/ki.fɛʁ/
future kifferai
/ki.fʁe/		 kifferas
/ki.fʁa/		 kiffera
/ki.fʁa/		 kifferons
/ki.fʁɔ̃/		 kifferez
/ki.fʁe/		 kifferont
/ki.fʁɔ̃/
conditional kifferais
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferais
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferait
/ki.fʁɛ/		 kifferions
/ki.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 kifferiez
/ki.fə.ʁje/		 kifferaient
/ki.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 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffes
/kif/		 kiffe
/kif/		 kiffions
/ki.fjɔ̃/		 kiffiez
/ki.fje/		 kiffent
/kif/
imperfect2 kiffasse
/ki.fas/		 kiffasses
/ki.fas/		 kiffât
/ki.fa/		 kiffassions
/ki.fa.sjɔ̃/		 kiffassiez
/ki.fa.sje/		 kiffassent
/ki.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — kiffe
/kif/		 — kiffons
/ki.fɔ̃/		 kiffez
/ki.fe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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