racoler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ accoler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɔ.le/

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Verb

racoler

1. (transitive) to solicit, tout for (clients, business etc.), to hustle

Conjugation

Conjugation of racoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	racoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	racolant /ʁa.kɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		racolé /ʁa.kɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	racole /ʁa.kɔl/	racoles /ʁa.kɔl/	racole /ʁa.kɔl/	racolons /ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/	racolez /ʁa.kɔ.le/	racolent /ʁa.kɔl/
	imperfect	racolais /ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/	racolais /ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/	racolait /ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/	racolions /ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/	racoliez /ʁa.kɔ.lje/	racolaient /ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	racolai /ʁa.kɔ.le/	racolas /ʁa.kɔ.la/	racola /ʁa.kɔ.la/	racolâmes /ʁa.kɔ.lam/	racolâtes /ʁa.kɔ.lat/	racolèrent /ʁa.kɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	racolerai /ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/	racoleras /ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/	racolera /ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/	racolerons /ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/	racolerez /ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/	racoleront /ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	racolerais /ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/	racolerais /ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/	racolerait /ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/	racolerions /ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	racoleriez /ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁje/	racoleraient /ʁa.kɔl.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	racole /ʁa.kɔl/	racoles /ʁa.kɔl/	racole /ʁa.kɔl/	racolions /ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/	racoliez /ʁa.kɔ.lje/	racolent /ʁa.kɔl/
	imperfect2	racolasse /ʁa.kɔ.las/	racolasses /ʁa.kɔ.las/	racolât /ʁa.kɔ.la/	racolassions /ʁa.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	racolassiez /ʁa.kɔ.la.sje/	racolassent /ʁa.kɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	racole /ʁa.kɔl/	—	racolons /ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/	racolez /ʁa.kɔ.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

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French racoleur.

Noun

racoler m (plural racoleri)

1. recruiter

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	racoler	racolerul		racoleri	racolerii
genitive-dative	racoler	racolerului		racoleri	racolerilor
vocative	racolerule			racolerilor