déraper
French
Etymology
From Middle French dialectal déraper (“to tear at”), from Occitan derapar, derrabar (“to tear, uproot”), from de- + rapar (“to seize, remove”), from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐍀𐍉𐌽 (rapōn, “to snatch, steal”), 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”). Cognate with Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”), Old Norse hreppa (“to touch, grasp, receive”). More at raffle.
Verb
déraper
- to skid, to slide
- (of an anchor) to drag
- (figuratively) to get out of hand, to get out of control
Conjugation
Conjugation of déraper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | déraper | avoir dérapé | |||||
| gerund | en dérapant | en ayant dérapé | |||||
| present participle | dérapant | ||||||
| past participle | dérapé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dérape | dérapes | dérape | dérapons | dérapez | dérapent |
| imperfect | dérapais | dérapais | dérapait | dérapions | dérapiez | dérapaient | |
| past historic1 | dérapai | dérapas | dérapa | dérapâmes | dérapâtes | dérapèrent | |
| future | déraperai | déraperas | dérapera | déraperons | déraperez | déraperont | |
| conditional | déraperais | déraperais | déraperait | déraperions | déraperiez | déraperaient | |
| 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 | dérape | dérapes | dérape | dérapions | dérapiez | dérapent |
| imperfect1 | dérapasse | dérapasses | dérapât | dérapassions | dérapassiez | dérapassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | dérape | — | dérapons | dérapez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- dérapage m