rapporter

Danish

Noun

rapporter

1. indefinite plural of rapport

Verb

rapporter

1. imperativ of rapportere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rapporter (attested since the mid-twelfth century). By surface analysis, re- +‎ apporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

rapporter (transitive)

1. to bring back (physically bring something back from where it came from)

   Rapportez-moi quelque chose de vos voyages.

   Bring me back something from your travels.

2. to retrieve

   rapporter le gibier

   to retrieve game

3. to fetch

   Vas-y, Rex ! Rapporte !

   Go fetch, Rex.

4. to take back (physically take something back to where it was)

   Rapporte-le à la maison.

   Take it back home.

5. to take on (assume responsibility of)

   rapporter un projet

   to take on a project

6. to report, to tell about (give a report of something experienced)

   Le Monde rapporte que […]

   Le Monde reports that […]

   Il m’a rapporté son succès.

   He told me about his success.

7. to report (to tell an authority about a mishappening)
8. to bring in, to yield
9. to bring back (remind about the past)

   Cette image rapporte tant de souvenirs.

   This picture brings back so many memories.

10. to earn (a point)

    Ce coup te rapporte un point.

    This play earns you one point.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rapporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rapporter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rapportant /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rapporté /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rapporte /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapportes /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapporte /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapportons /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	rapportez /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/	rapportent /ʁa.pɔʁt/
	imperfect	rapportais /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/	rapportais /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/	rapportait /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/	rapportions /ʁa.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	rapportiez /ʁa.pɔʁ.tje/	rapportaient /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	rapportai /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/	rapportas /ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/	rapporta /ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/	rapportâmes /ʁa.pɔʁ.tam/	rapportâtes /ʁa.pɔʁ.tat/	rapportèrent /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	rapporterai /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	rapporteras /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	rapportera /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	rapporterons /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	rapporterez /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	rapporteront /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rapporterais /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	rapporterais /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	rapporterait /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	rapporterions /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	rapporteriez /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	rapporteraient /ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.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	rapporte /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapportes /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapporte /ʁa.pɔʁt/	rapportions /ʁa.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	rapportiez /ʁa.pɔʁ.tje/	rapportent /ʁa.pɔʁt/
	imperfect2	rapportasse /ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/	rapportasses /ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/	rapportât /ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/	rapportassions /ʁa.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	rapportassiez /ʁa.pɔʁ.ta.sje/	rapportassent /ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rapporte /ʁa.pɔʁt/	—	rapportons /ʁa.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	rapportez /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/	—
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).

Derived terms

• rapport
• rapportable
• rapportage
• rapporteur
• susrapporté
• s’en rapporter à

 

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rapporter m

1. indefinite plural of rapport

Verb

rapporter

1. imperative of rapportere

Swedish

Noun

rapporter

1. indefinite plural of rapport