érifler
French
Etymology
Variant of érafler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ʁi.fle/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /e.ri.fle/
- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: ériflai, ériflée, ériflées, ériflés
Verb
érifler
- (Louisiana, Quebec) to scratch; graze; nick
- 2010, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 259:
- Je m’ai ériflé un morceau de peau.
- I nicked a piece of my skin.
Conjugation
Conjugation of érifler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | érifler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ériflant /e.ʁi.flɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ériflé /e.ʁi.fle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | érifle /e.ʁifl/ |
érifles /e.ʁifl/ |
érifle /e.ʁifl/ |
ériflons /e.ʁi.flɔ̃/ |
ériflez /e.ʁi.fle/ |
ériflent /e.ʁifl/ |
| imperfect | ériflais /e.ʁi.flɛ/ |
ériflais /e.ʁi.flɛ/ |
ériflait /e.ʁi.flɛ/ |
ériflions /e.ʁi.fli.jɔ̃/ |
érifliez /e.ʁi.fli.je/ |
ériflaient /e.ʁi.flɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ériflai /e.ʁi.fle/ |
ériflas /e.ʁi.fla/ |
érifla /e.ʁi.fla/ |
ériflâmes /e.ʁi.flam/ |
ériflâtes /e.ʁi.flat/ |
ériflèrent /e.ʁi.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | ériflerai /e.ʁi.flə.ʁe/ |
érifleras /e.ʁi.flə.ʁa/ |
ériflera /e.ʁi.flə.ʁa/ |
ériflerons /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ériflerez /e.ʁi.flə.ʁe/ |
érifleront /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ériflerais /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
ériflerais /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
ériflerait /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
ériflerions /e.ʁi.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
érifleriez /e.ʁi.flə.ʁje/ |
érifleraient /e.ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | érifle /e.ʁifl/ |
érifles /e.ʁifl/ |
érifle /e.ʁifl/ |
ériflions /e.ʁi.fli.jɔ̃/ |
érifliez /e.ʁi.fli.je/ |
ériflent /e.ʁifl/ |
| imperfect2 | ériflasse /e.ʁi.flas/ |
ériflasses /e.ʁi.flas/ |
ériflât /e.ʁi.fla/ |
ériflassions /e.ʁi.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
ériflassiez /e.ʁi.fla.sje/ |
ériflassent /e.ʁi.flas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | érifle /e.ʁifl/ |
— | ériflons /e.ʁi.flɔ̃/ |
ériflez /e.ʁi.fle/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- ériflure (“(slight) scratch”)
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: riflé, ruflé
Further reading
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)