rafler
French
Etymology
From Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(ʰ)-, *(s)kerb(ʰ)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) – related to Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.fle/, /ʁɑ.fle/
Verb
rafler
- (informal) to swipe, nick, run off with (steal)
- (informal, of a prize) to scoop
Conjugation
Conjugation of rafler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rafler | avoir raflé | |||||
| gerund | en raflant | en ayant raflé | |||||
| present participle | raflant /ʁa.flɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | raflé /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafles /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
raflons /ʁa.flɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɔ̃/ |
raflez /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
raflent /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
| imperfect | raflais /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflais /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflait /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ |
raflions /ʁa.fli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rafliez /ʁa.fli.je/ or /ʁɑ.fli.je/ |
raflaient /ʁa.flɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | raflai /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
raflas /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
rafla /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
raflâmes /ʁa.flam/ or /ʁɑ.flam/ |
raflâtes /ʁa.flat/ or /ʁɑ.flat/ |
raflèrent /ʁa.flɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | raflerai /ʁa.flə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁe/ |
rafleras /ʁa.flə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁa/ |
raflera /ʁa.flə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁa/ |
raflerons /ʁa.flə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
raflerez /ʁa.flə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁe/ |
rafleront /ʁa.flə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raflerais /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerais /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerait /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ |
raflerions /ʁa.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rafleriez /ʁa.flə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁje/ |
rafleraient /ʁa.flə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.flə.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafles /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
raflions /ʁa.fli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rafliez /ʁa.fli.je/ or /ʁɑ.fli.je/ |
raflent /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
| imperfect1 | raflasse /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ |
raflasses /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ |
raflât /ʁa.fla/ or /ʁɑ.fla/ |
raflassions /ʁa.fla.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
raflassiez /ʁa.fla.sje/ or /ʁɑ.fla.sje/ |
raflassent /ʁa.flas/ or /ʁɑ.flas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rafle /ʁafl/ or /ʁɑfl/ |
— | raflons /ʁa.flɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.flɔ̃/ |
raflez /ʁa.fle/ or /ʁɑ.fle/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “rafler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.