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Webster 1913 Edition
Rifler
Ri′fler
,Noun.
One who rifles; a robber.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rifler
RI'FLER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
rifler
rifler
French
Etymology
from Old French rifler (“to scrape, scratch”), from Middle High German riffeln (“to scratch, heckle (flax)”), from Old High German riffilon (“to tear by rubbing”), akin to rip, ripple. Compare Old English geriflian (“to wrinkle”), Old Norse rifa (“to tear, break”).
Verb
rifler
- (archaic) to flay
- (archaic) to rub
Conjugation
Conjugation of rifler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rifler | avoir riflé | |||||
| gerund | en riflant | en ayant riflé | |||||
| present participle | riflant /ʁi.flɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | riflé /ʁi.fle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rifle /ʁifl/ |
rifles /ʁifl/ |
rifle /ʁifl/ |
riflons /ʁi.flɔ̃/ |
riflez /ʁi.fle/ |
riflent /ʁifl/ |
| imperfect | riflais /ʁi.flɛ/ |
riflais /ʁi.flɛ/ |
riflait /ʁi.flɛ/ |
riflions /ʁi.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rifliez /ʁi.fli.je/ |
riflaient /ʁi.flɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | riflai /ʁi.fle/ |
riflas /ʁi.fla/ |
rifla /ʁi.fla/ |
riflâmes /ʁi.flam/ |
riflâtes /ʁi.flat/ |
riflèrent /ʁi.flɛʁ/ |
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| future | riflerai /ʁi.flə.ʁe/ |
rifleras /ʁi.flə.ʁa/ |
riflera /ʁi.flə.ʁa/ |
riflerons /ʁi.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
riflerez /ʁi.flə.ʁe/ |
rifleront /ʁi.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | riflerais /ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
riflerais /ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
riflerait /ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
riflerions /ʁi.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rifleriez /ʁi.flə.ʁje/ |
rifleraient /ʁi.flə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rifle /ʁifl/ |
rifles /ʁifl/ |
rifle /ʁifl/ |
riflions /ʁi.fli.jɔ̃/ |
rifliez /ʁi.fli.je/ |
riflent /ʁifl/ |
| imperfect1 |
riflasse /ʁi.flas/ |
riflasses /ʁi.flas/ |
riflât /ʁi.fla/ |
riflassions /ʁi.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
riflassiez /ʁi.fla.sje/ |
riflassent /ʁi.flas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rifle /ʁifl/ |
— | riflons /ʁi.flɔ̃/ |
riflez /ʁi.fle/ |
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