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arracher
arracher
French
Verb
arracher
- to uproot, pull up, tear out
- to extract, take out (a tooth)
- to pull off, rip off
- Il arrache les pattes du moustique.
- He's ripping off the mosquito's legs.
- Il arrache les pattes du moustique.
- to buy, snap up
- On l'a arraché pour 10.000 dollars.
- They snapped it up for 10,000 dollars.
- On l'a arraché pour 10.000 dollars.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight over (something)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to tear oneself away (à from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | arracher | avoir arraché | |||||
| gerund | en arrachant | en ayant arraché | |||||
| present participle | arrachant /a.ʁa.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | arraché /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | arrachai /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
arrachas /a.ʁa.ʃa/ |
arracha /a.ʁa.ʃa/ |
arrachâmes /a.ʁa.ʃam/ |
arrachâtes /a.ʁa.ʃat/ |
arrachèrent /a.ʁa.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arraches /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
arrachions /a.ʁa.ʃjɔ̃/ |
arrachiez /a.ʁa.ʃje/ |
arrachent /a.ʁaʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | arrache /a.ʁaʃ/ |
— | arrachons /a.ʁa.ʃɔ̃/ |
arrachez /a.ʁa.ʃe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
arracher
- Alternative form of arachier
Conjugation
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | arracher | avoir arraché | |||||
| gerund | en arrachant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite 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 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | arrache | — | arrachons | arrachez | — | ||