biffer

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From biff +‎ -er.

Noun

biffer (plural biffers)

1. (informal) One who hits or punches; a fighter.
2. (informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.

   Synonym: big hitter

Etymology 2

Noun

biffer (plural biffers)

1. (vulgar, slang) An unattractive woman.

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.fe/

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Verb

biffer

1. (transitive) to cross out, strike through
2. (transitive) to cancel, annul

Conjugation

Conjugation of biffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	biffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	biffant /bi.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		biffé /bi.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	biffe /bif/	biffes /bif/	biffe /bif/	biffons /bi.fɔ̃/	biffez /bi.fe/	biffent /bif/
	imperfect	biffais /bi.fɛ/	biffais /bi.fɛ/	biffait /bi.fɛ/	biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/	biffiez /bi.fje/	biffaient /bi.fɛ/
	past historic2	biffai /bi.fe/	biffas /bi.fa/	biffa /bi.fa/	biffâmes /bi.fam/	biffâtes /bi.fat/	biffèrent /bi.fɛʁ/
	future	bifferai /bi.fʁe/	bifferas /bi.fʁa/	biffera /bi.fʁa/	bifferons /bi.fʁɔ̃/	bifferez /bi.fʁe/	bifferont /bi.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/	bifferais /bi.fʁɛ/	bifferait /bi.fʁɛ/	bifferions /bi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	bifferiez /bi.fə.ʁje/	bifferaient /bi.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	biffe /bif/	biffes /bif/	biffe /bif/	biffions /bi.fjɔ̃/	biffiez /bi.fje/	biffent /bif/
	imperfect2	biffasse /bi.fas/	biffasses /bi.fas/	biffât /bi.fa/	biffassions /bi.fa.sjɔ̃/	biffassiez /bi.fa.sje/	biffassent /bi.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	biffe /bif/	—	biffons /bi.fɔ̃/	biffez /bi.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).

Related terms

• biffage

Further reading

• “biffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

biffer m

1. indefinite plural of biff