ratisser
See also: râtisser
French
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ratisser
- (transitive) to rake (to use a rake to collect things together)
- (transitive, figuratively) to comb through, to comb over, to fine-tooth comb, to trawl
- Synonym: passer au peigne fin
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ratisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ratisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ratissant /ʁa.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ratissé /ʁa.ti.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ratisse /ʁa.tis/ |
ratisses /ʁa.tis/ |
ratisse /ʁa.tis/ |
ratissons /ʁa.ti.sɔ̃/ |
ratissez /ʁa.ti.se/ |
ratissent /ʁa.tis/ |
| imperfect | ratissais /ʁa.ti.sɛ/ |
ratissais /ʁa.ti.sɛ/ |
ratissait /ʁa.ti.sɛ/ |
ratissions /ʁa.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
ratissiez /ʁa.ti.sje/ |
ratissaient /ʁa.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ratissai /ʁa.ti.se/ |
ratissas /ʁa.ti.sa/ |
ratissa /ʁa.ti.sa/ |
ratissâmes /ʁa.ti.sam/ |
ratissâtes /ʁa.ti.sat/ |
ratissèrent /ʁa.ti.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | ratisserai /ʁa.ti.sʁe/ |
ratisseras /ʁa.ti.sʁa/ |
ratissera /ʁa.ti.sʁa/ |
ratisserons /ʁa.ti.sʁɔ̃/ |
ratisserez /ʁa.ti.sʁe/ |
ratisseront /ʁa.ti.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ratisserais /ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ |
ratisserais /ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ |
ratisserait /ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ |
ratisserions /ʁa.ti.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ratisseriez /ʁa.ti.sə.ʁje/ |
ratisseraient /ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ratisse /ʁa.tis/ |
ratisses /ʁa.tis/ |
ratisse /ʁa.tis/ |
ratissions /ʁa.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
ratissiez /ʁa.ti.sje/ |
ratissent /ʁa.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | ratissasse /ʁa.ti.sas/ |
ratissasses /ʁa.ti.sas/ |
ratissât /ʁa.ti.sa/ |
ratissassions /ʁa.ti.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
ratissassiez /ʁa.ti.sa.sje/ |
ratissassent /ʁa.ti.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ratisse /ʁa.tis/ |
— | ratissons /ʁa.ti.sɔ̃/ |
ratissez /ʁa.ti.se/ |
— | |
| 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
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ratisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.