copiner

French

Etymology

From copine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.pi.ne/
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Verb

copiner

  1. (intransitive) to be friends (with)
  2. (derogatory) to be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage

Conjugation
Conjugation of copiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple copiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple copinant
/kɔ.pi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle copiné
/kɔ.pi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present copine
/kɔ.pin/		 copines
/kɔ.pin/		 copine
/kɔ.pin/		 copinons
/kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/		 copinez
/kɔ.pi.ne/		 copinent
/kɔ.pin/
imperfect copinais
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/		 copinais
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/		 copinait
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/		 copinions
/kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/		 copiniez
/kɔ.pi.nje/		 copinaient
/kɔ.pi.nɛ/
past historic2 copinai
/kɔ.pi.ne/		 copinas
/kɔ.pi.na/		 copina
/kɔ.pi.na/		 copinâmes
/kɔ.pi.nam/		 copinâtes
/kɔ.pi.nat/		 copinèrent
/kɔ.pi.nɛʁ/
future copinerai
/kɔ.pin.ʁe/		 copineras
/kɔ.pin.ʁa/		 copinera
/kɔ.pin.ʁa/		 copinerons
/kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/		 copinerez
/kɔ.pin.ʁe/		 copineront
/kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional copinerais
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 copinerais
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 copinerait
/kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/		 copinerions
/kɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 copineriez
/kɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/		 copineraient
/kɔ.pin.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 copine
/kɔ.pin/		 copines
/kɔ.pin/		 copine
/kɔ.pin/		 copinions
/kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/		 copiniez
/kɔ.pi.nje/		 copinent
/kɔ.pin/
imperfect2 copinasse
/kɔ.pi.nas/		 copinasses
/kɔ.pi.nas/		 copinât
/kɔ.pi.na/		 copinassions
/kɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/		 copinassiez
/kɔ.pi.na.sje/		 copinassent
/kɔ.pi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — copine
/kɔ.pin/		 — copinons
/kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/		 copinez
/kɔ.pi.ne/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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