clapper
French, verb/kla.pe/
clapper is spelled C-L-A-P-P-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clapper is a French verb meaning “to click (the tongue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire entendre un clappement”.
What does clapper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to click (the tongue)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire entendre un clappement. 2. Fermer ou fixer en faisant entendre un clappement. 3. Manger.
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 clapper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- clappant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- clappé participle past
- clappe first-person indicative present
- clappes indicative present second-person
- clappons first-person indicative plural
- clappez indicative plural present
- clappent indicative plural present
- clappais first-person imperfect indicative
- clappait imperfect indicative singular
- clappions first-person imperfect indicative
- clappiez imperfect indicative plural
- clappaient imperfect indicative plural
- clappai first-person historic indicative
- clappas historic indicative past
- clappa historic indicative past
- clappâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clapper?
- /kla.pe/
- \kla.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is clapper in French?
clapper appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).