coffrer

French

Etymology

From coffre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.fʁe/

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Verb

coffrer

1. (transitive) to lock up; to put away or inside
2. (transitive) to make formwork

Conjugation

Conjugation of coffrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	coffrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coffrant /kɔ.fʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coffré /kɔ.fʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	coffre /kɔfʁ/	coffres /kɔfʁ/	coffre /kɔfʁ/	coffrons /kɔ.fʁɔ̃/	coffrez /kɔ.fʁe/	coffrent /kɔfʁ/
	imperfect	coffrais /kɔ.fʁɛ/	coffrais /kɔ.fʁɛ/	coffrait /kɔ.fʁɛ/	coffrions /kɔ.fʁi.jɔ̃/	coffriez /kɔ.fʁi.je/	coffraient /kɔ.fʁɛ/
	past historic2	coffrai /kɔ.fʁe/	coffras /kɔ.fʁa/	coffra /kɔ.fʁa/	coffrâmes /kɔ.fʁam/	coffrâtes /kɔ.fʁat/	coffrèrent /kɔ.fʁɛʁ/
	future	coffrerai /kɔ.fʁə.ʁe/	coffreras /kɔ.fʁə.ʁa/	coffrera /kɔ.fʁə.ʁa/	coffrerons /kɔ.fʁə.ʁɔ̃/	coffrerez /kɔ.fʁə.ʁe/	coffreront /kɔ.fʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	coffrerais /kɔ.fʁə.ʁɛ/	coffrerais /kɔ.fʁə.ʁɛ/	coffrerait /kɔ.fʁə.ʁɛ/	coffrerions /kɔ.fʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	coffreriez /kɔ.fʁə.ʁje/	coffreraient /kɔ.fʁə.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	coffre /kɔfʁ/	coffres /kɔfʁ/	coffre /kɔfʁ/	coffrions /kɔ.fʁi.jɔ̃/	coffriez /kɔ.fʁi.je/	coffrent /kɔfʁ/
	imperfect2	coffrasse /kɔ.fʁas/	coffrasses /kɔ.fʁas/	coffrât /kɔ.fʁa/	coffrassions /kɔ.fʁa.sjɔ̃/	coffrassiez /kɔ.fʁa.sje/	coffrassent /kɔ.fʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	coffre /kɔfʁ/	—	coffrons /kɔ.fʁɔ̃/	coffrez /kɔ.fʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

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