"happer" meaning in French

See happer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /a.pe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-happer.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French happer, haper, from Old French happer, haper (“to seize, snap up”), of obscure origin. Possibly onomatopoeic. Alternatively, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-West Germanic *happā (“hook, clasp”), or related to Middle Dutch happen (“to snap, bite”) (whence modern Dutch happen), Middle Dutch haperen (“to stammer, quarrel”) (whence modern Dutch haperen), German Low German happen (“to snatch something up, grab”), German Happen (“morsel, snack”). 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  1. to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-happer-fr-verb-cDDYknPM Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 31 22 22 24
  2. (figurative) to grab, to seize Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-happer-fr-verb-0RNjAQup
  3. (colloquial) to strike forcefully Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-happer-fr-verb-UgSe2Ve5
  4. (colloquial) to catch off guard; take by surprise Tags: colloquial, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-happer-fr-verb-of-QHadS Disambiguation of Violence: 16 10 23 51 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French onomatopoeias, French terms with aspirated h, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 5 30 50 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 16 10 29 44 Disambiguation of French terms with aspirated h: 21 18 26 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 6 27 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 4 30 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: happe

Inflected forms

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      "word": "happe"
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  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They threw it a bone, and it snapped it up.",
          "text": "On lui jeta un os, et il le happa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snatch",
          "snatch"
        ],
        [
          "snap up",
          "snap up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grab, to seize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to grab, to seize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French colloquialisms",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was hit by a car and killed on the spot.",
          "text": "Il a été happé par une automobile et tué sur le coup.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike forcefully"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "forcefully",
          "forcefully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to strike forcefully"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch off guard; take by surprise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "off guard",
          "off guard"
        ],
        [
          "take by surprise",
          "take by surprise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to catch off guard; take by surprise"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.pe/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "happer"
}

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