râler

See also: raler

French

Etymology

From earlier raller, from Middle French rasler (“to haggle, bargain for”). Doublet of racler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.le/ ~ /ʁɑ.le/

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Verb

râler

1. to groan, to moan
2. to grumble, to complain

Conjugation

Conjugation of râler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	râler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	râlant /ʁa.lɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		râlé /ʁa.le/ or /ʁɑ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	râle /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râles /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râle /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râlons /ʁa.lɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.lɔ̃/	râlez /ʁa.le/ or /ʁɑ.le/	râlent /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/
	imperfect	râlais /ʁa.lɛ/ or /ʁɑ.lɛ/	râlais /ʁa.lɛ/ or /ʁɑ.lɛ/	râlait /ʁa.lɛ/ or /ʁɑ.lɛ/	râlions /ʁa.ljɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.ljɔ̃/	râliez /ʁa.lje/ or /ʁɑ.lje/	râlaient /ʁa.lɛ/ or /ʁɑ.lɛ/
	past historic2	râlai /ʁa.le/ or /ʁɑ.le/	râlas /ʁa.la/ or /ʁɑ.la/	râla /ʁa.la/ or /ʁɑ.la/	râlâmes /ʁa.lam/ or /ʁɑ.lam/	râlâtes /ʁa.lat/ or /ʁɑ.lat/	râlèrent /ʁa.lɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.lɛʁ/
	future	râlerai /ʁal.ʁe/ or /ʁɑl.ʁe/	râleras /ʁal.ʁa/ or /ʁɑl.ʁa/	râlera /ʁal.ʁa/ or /ʁɑl.ʁa/	râlerons /ʁal.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑl.ʁɔ̃/	râlerez /ʁal.ʁe/ or /ʁɑl.ʁe/	râleront /ʁal.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	râlerais /ʁal.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑl.ʁɛ/	râlerais /ʁal.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑl.ʁɛ/	râlerait /ʁal.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑl.ʁɛ/	râlerions /ʁa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	râleriez /ʁa.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.lə.ʁje/	râleraient /ʁal.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑl.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	râle /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râles /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râle /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	râlions /ʁa.ljɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.ljɔ̃/	râliez /ʁa.lje/ or /ʁɑ.lje/	râlent /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/
	imperfect2	râlasse /ʁa.las/ or /ʁɑ.las/	râlasses /ʁa.las/ or /ʁɑ.las/	râlât /ʁa.la/ or /ʁɑ.la/	râlassions /ʁa.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.la.sjɔ̃/	râlassiez /ʁa.la.sje/ or /ʁɑ.la.sje/	râlassent /ʁa.las/ or /ʁɑ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	râle /ʁal/ or /ʁɑl/	—	râlons /ʁa.lɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.lɔ̃/	râlez /ʁa.le/ or /ʁɑ.le/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “râler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.