arracher
Appearance
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.
- (pronominal) to fight over (something)
- (pronominal, slang) to scram; to get out
- (pronominal, transitive, often followed by à) to tear away; to tear apart
- 2024 July 26, Floriane Reynaud, “Cette histoire d'amour tragique qui a inspiré L’Hymne à l’amour d’Édith Piaf”, in vogue.fr[1]:
- Plus tard, lorsqu’Edith Piaf enregistre la chanson en studio, elle conserve symboliquement les paroles « si un jour la vie t’arrache à moi […]
- Later, when Edith Piaf recorded the song in the studio, she symbolically kept the lyrics "if one day life tears you away from me […]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | arracher | |||||
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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]- “arracher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “arracher” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “arracher” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
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 | ||||||
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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 | — |
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