biper

See also: bíper

French

Etymology

From bip +‎ -er, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.pe/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: bipai, bipé, bipée, bipées, bipés, bipez

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

• bipeur

Polish

Alternative forms

• beeper

Etymology

Borrowed from English beeper. First attested in 1988.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.pɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipɛr
• Syllabification: bi‧per

Noun

biper m inan

1. (electronics, telecommunications) 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

Further reading

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