biper

See also: bíper

French

Etymology

From bip +‎ -er, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

biper

  1. to beep, to buzz (contact by phone or by beeper)
  2. to bleep out (censor offensive or sensitive language with a beep sound)

Conjugation
Conjugation of biper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple biper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bipant
/bi.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bipé
/bi.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bipe
/bip/		 bipes
/bip/		 bipe
/bip/		 bipons
/bi.pɔ̃/		 bipez
/bi.pe/		 bipent
/bip/
imperfect bipais
/bi.pɛ/		 bipais
/bi.pɛ/		 bipait
/bi.pɛ/		 bipions
/bi.pjɔ̃/		 bipiez
/bi.pje/		 bipaient
/bi.pɛ/
past historic2 bipai
/bi.pe/		 bipas
/bi.pa/		 bipa
/bi.pa/		 bipâmes
/bi.pam/		 bipâtes
/bi.pat/		 bipèrent
/bi.pɛʁ/
future biperai
/bi.pʁe/		 biperas
/bi.pʁa/		 bipera
/bi.pʁa/		 biperons
/bi.pʁɔ̃/		 biperez
/bi.pʁe/		 biperont
/bi.pʁɔ̃/
conditional biperais
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperais
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperait
/bi.pʁɛ/		 biperions
/bi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 biperiez
/bi.pə.ʁje/		 biperaient
/bi.pʁɛ/
(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 bipe
/bip/		 bipes
/bip/		 bipe
/bip/		 bipions
/bi.pjɔ̃/		 bipiez
/bi.pje/		 bipent
/bip/
imperfect2 bipasse
/bi.pas/		 bipasses
/bi.pas/		 bipât
/bi.pa/		 bipassions
/bi.pa.sjɔ̃/		 bipassiez
/bi.pa.sje/		 bipassent
/bi.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bipe
/bip/		 — bipons
/bi.pɔ̃/		 bipez
/bi.pe/		 —
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

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English beeper. First attested in 1988.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.pɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ipɛr
  • Syllabification: bi‧per

Noun

biper m inan

  1. (electronics) beeper, pager (telecommunications device)
    Synonym: pager
  2. (colloquial) beeper (something that makes a beeping sound)
    Synonym: brzęczyk

Declension
Declension of biper
singular plural
nominative biper bipery
genitive bipera biperów
dative biperowi biperom
accusative biper bipery
instrumental biperem biperami
locative biperze biperach
vocative biperze bipery

References
  1. Dziennik Związkowy = Polish Daily Zgoda : an American daily in the Polish language – member of United Press International. R.81‎, number 74, 1988, page 15
  2. biper in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading
  • biper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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