pimper

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.pe/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar.

Verb

pimper

1. (reflexive, Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) to dress well

Conjugation

Conjugation of se pimper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se pimper
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se pimpant /sə pɛ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		pimpé /pɛ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/	te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/	se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/	nous pimpons /nu pɛ̃.pɔ̃/	vous pimpez /vu pɛ̃.pe/	se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/
	imperfect	me pimpais /mə pɛ̃.pɛ/	te pimpais /tə pɛ̃.pɛ/	se pimpait /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/	nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/	vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/	se pimpaient /sə pɛ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	me pimpai /mə pɛ̃.pe/	te pimpas /tə pɛ̃.pa/	se pimpa /sə pɛ̃.pa/	nous pimpâmes /nu pɛ̃.pam/	vous pimpâtes /vu pɛ̃.pat/	se pimpèrent /sə pɛ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	me pimperai /mə pɛ̃.pʁe/	te pimperas /tə pɛ̃.pʁa/	se pimpera /sə pɛ̃.pʁa/	nous pimperons /nu pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/	vous pimperez /vu pɛ̃.pʁe/	se pimperont /sə pɛ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me pimperais /mə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	te pimperais /tə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	se pimperait /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/	nous pimperions /nu pɛ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous pimperiez /vu pɛ̃.pə.ʁje/	se pimperaient /sə pɛ̃.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me pimpe /mə pɛ̃p/	te pimpes /tə pɛ̃p/	se pimpe /sə pɛ̃p/	nous pimpions /nu pɛ̃.pjɔ̃/	vous pimpiez /vu pɛ̃.pje/	se pimpent /sə pɛ̃p/
	imperfect2	me pimpasse /mə pɛ̃.pas/	te pimpasses /tə pɛ̃.pas/	se pimpât /sə pɛ̃.pa/	nous pimpassions /nu pɛ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	vous pimpassiez /vu pɛ̃.pa.sje/	se pimpassent /sə pɛ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pimpe-toi /pɛ̃p.twa/	—	pimpons-nous /pɛ̃.pɔ̃.nu/	pimpez-vous /pɛ̃.pe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Etymology 2

From English to pimp (African-American Vernacular) +‎ -er, from Old French pimper, from Old Occitan pimpar.

Verb

pimper

1. (slang) to pimp out/pimp up, to beautify, to fancify, to make stylish, to make gaudy

Further reading

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

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Verb

pimper

1. inflection of pimpern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative