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surtraire

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French

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Etymology

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From sur- +‎ traire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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surtraire

  1. (transitive) overmilk, to milk (a cow or other animal) too much.

Conjugation

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This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -surtray- root: *je surtrayis, *que nous surtrayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -surtrais- was used instead of -surtray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

References

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  • « surtraire » on TERMIUM Plus, btb.termiumplus.gc.ca (consulted December 30th 2024)