/de.ku.pe/

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Translation

to cut up, to carve, to cut out

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Word origin

From dé- ('apart') and couper ('to cut'), the latter from coup ('a blow'). Literally 'to cut apart'.

Origin
French
Root
couper

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedécoupedécoupaisdécoupaidécouperaidécouperais
tudécoupesdécoupaisdécoupasdécouperasdécouperais
il/elledécoupedécoupaitdécoupadécouperadécouperait
nousdécouponsdécoupionsdécoupâmesdécouperonsdécouperions
vousdécoupezdécoupiezdécoupâtesdécouperezdécouperiez
ils/ellesdécoupentdécoupaientdécoupèrentdécouperontdécouperaient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedécoupedécoupasse
tudécoupesdécoupasses
il/elledécoupedécoupât
nousdécoupionsdécoupassions
vousdécoupiezdécoupassiez
ils/ellesdécoupentdécoupassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudécoupe
nousdécoupons
vousdécoupez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
découpant
Past participle
découpé · découpée · découpés · découpées

Examples

.

He carved the chicken into eight pieces.

coloré.

The children cut shapes out of coloured paper.

-.

Cut the article out of the newspaper and keep it.

.

The country was divided into regions after the war.

.

I am going to cut the cake into six equal slices.

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