claper
French, verb/kla.pe/
claper is spelled C-L-A-P-E-R (6 letters). Claper is a French verb meaning “to clap; to clack (make a clapping noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de clapper”.
What does claper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clap; to clack (make a clapping noise)
- 2
slangto eat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante orthographique de clapper. 2. Faire un bruit sec avec la langue. 3. Manger. 4. Faire un clap.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of claper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- clapant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- clapé participle past
- clape first-person indicative present
- clapes indicative present second-person
- clapons first-person indicative plural
- clapez indicative plural present
- clapent indicative plural present
- clapais first-person imperfect indicative
- clapait imperfect indicative singular
- clapions first-person imperfect indicative
- clapiez imperfect indicative plural
- clapaient imperfect indicative plural
- clapai first-person historic indicative
- clapas historic indicative past
- clapa historic indicative past
- clapâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claper?
- /kla.pe/
- \kla.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.