riffler

English

Etymology

From riffle +‎ -er.

Noun

riffler (plural rifflers)

  1. A mechanical device consisting of a metal box with a series of vertical slats through which material is poured and randomly divided into two samples; this process is repeated to obtain a small representative sample of a bulk material.
  2. A curved file used in carving wood and marble.

Synonyms

  • (device for obtaining a sample): riffle sampler, riffle splitter

Translations

Middle French

Verb

riffler

  1. to decimate
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      le plat pays […] fut tout rifflé
      the flat land was decimated

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of riffler
infinitive simple riffler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple rifflant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle rifflé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present riffle riffles riffle rifflons rifflez rifflent
imperfect rifflois, riffloys rifflois, riffloys riffloit, riffloyt rifflions, rifflyons riffliez, rifflyez riffloient, riffloyent
past historic riffla rifflas riffla rifflasmes rifflastes rifflerent
future rifflerai, riffleray riffleras rifflera rifflerons rifflerez riffleront
conditional rifflerois, riffleroys rifflerois, riffleroys riffleroit, riffleroyt rifflerions, riffleryons riffleriez, riffleryez riffleroient, riffleroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present riffle riffles riffle rifflons rifflez rifflent
imperfect rifflasse rifflasses rifflast rifflassions rifflassiez rifflassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — riffle — rifflons rifflez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).
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