arracher
French edit
Etymology edit
By prefix substitution from Old French esrachier (see also the form arachier), from Latin ērādīcāre. Doublet of éradiquer, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
arracher
- to uproot, pull up, tear out
- to extract, take out (a tooth)
- to pull off, rip off, peel
- Il arrache les pattes du moustique.
- He's ripping off the mosquito's legs.
- to buy, snap up
- On l’a arraché pour 10.000 dollars.
- They snapped it up for 10,000 dollars.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight over (something)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to scram; to get out
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to tear oneself away (à from)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | arracher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | arrachant /a.ʁa.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | arraché /a.ʁa.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arraches /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrachons /a.ʁa.ʃɔ̃/ |
arrachez /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
arrachent /a.ʁaʃ/ |
| imperfect | arrachais /a.ʁa.ʃɛ/ |
arrachais /a.ʁa.ʃɛ/ |
arrachait /a.ʁa.ʃɛ/ |
arrachions /a.ʁa.ʃjɔ̃/ |
arrachiez /a.ʁa.ʃje/ |
arrachaient /a.ʁa.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | arrachai /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
arrachas /a.ʁa.ʃa/ |
arracha /a.ʁa.ʃa/ |
arrachâmes /a.ʁa.ʃam/ |
arrachâtes /a.ʁa.ʃat/ |
arrachèrent /a.ʁa.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | arracherai /a.ʁaʃ.ʁe/ |
arracheras /a.ʁaʃ.ʁa/ |
arrachera /a.ʁaʃ.ʁa/ |
arracherons /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
arracherez /a.ʁaʃ.ʁe/ |
arracheront /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | arracherais /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
arracherais /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
arracherait /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
arracherions /a.ʁa.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arracheriez /a.ʁa.ʃə.ʁje/ |
arracheraient /a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arraches /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrachions /a.ʁa.ʃjɔ̃/ |
arrachiez /a.ʁa.ʃje/ |
arrachent /a.ʁaʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | arrachasse /a.ʁa.ʃas/ |
arrachasses /a.ʁa.ʃas/ |
arrachât /a.ʁa.ʃa/ |
arrachassions /a.ʁa.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
arrachassiez /a.ʁa.ʃa.sje/ |
arrachassent /a.ʁa.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
— | arrachons /a.ʁa.ʃɔ̃/ |
arrachez /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Old French edit
Verb edit
arracher
- Alternative form of arachier
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | arracher | avoir arraché | |||||
| gerund | en arrachant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | arrachant | ||||||
| past participle | arraché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | arrache | arraches | arrache | arrachons | arrachez | arrachent |
| imperfect | arrachoie, arracheie, arrachoe, arracheve | arrachoies, arracheies, arrachoes, arracheves | arrachoit, arracheit, arrachot, arracheve | arrachiiens, arrachiens | arrachiiez, arrachiez | arrachoient, arracheient, arrachoent, arrachevent | |
| preterite | arrachai | arrachas | arracha | arrachames | arrachastes | arracherent | |
| future | arracherai | arracheras | arrachera | arracherons | arracheroiz, arrachereiz, arracherez | arracheront | |
| conditional | arracheroie, arrachereie | arracheroies, arrachereies | arracheroit, arrachereit | arracheriiens, arracheriens | arracheriiez, arracheriez | arracheroient, arrachereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | arrache | arraches | arrache | arrachons | arrachez | arrachent |
| imperfect | arrachasse | arrachasses | arrachast | arrachissons, arrachissiens | arrachissoiz, arrachissez, arrachissiez | arrachassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | arrache | — | arrachons | arrachez | — | ||