racler
See also: râcler
French
Alternative forms
- râcler
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin *rasclare, from Latin rasculum, from rasus (“razor”). Doublet of râler. Compare also Italian raschiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kle/, /ʁɑ.kle/
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Verb
racler
- to scrape (off), to scratch
Conjugation
Conjugation of racler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | racler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raclant /ʁa.klɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raclé /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | racles /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | raclons /ʁa.klɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɔ̃/ | raclez /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/ | raclent /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ |
| imperfect | raclais /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/ | raclais /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/ | raclait /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/ | raclions /ʁa.kli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kli.jɔ̃/ | racliez /ʁa.kli.je/ or /ʁɑ.kli.je/ | raclaient /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raclai /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/ | raclas /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/ | racla /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/ | raclâmes /ʁa.klam/ or /ʁɑ.klam/ | raclâtes /ʁa.klat/ or /ʁɑ.klat/ | raclèrent /ʁa.klɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛʁ/ | |
| future | raclerai /ʁa.klə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁe/ | racleras /ʁa.klə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁa/ | raclera /ʁa.klə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁa/ | raclerons /ʁa.klə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | raclerez /ʁa.klə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁe/ | racleront /ʁa.klə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raclerais /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/ | raclerais /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/ | raclerait /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/ | raclerions /ʁa.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ | racleriez /ʁa.klə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁje/ | racleraient /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.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 | racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | racles /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | raclions /ʁa.kli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kli.jɔ̃/ | racliez /ʁa.kli.je/ or /ʁɑ.kli.je/ | raclent /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ |
| imperfect2 | raclasse /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/ | raclasses /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/ | raclât /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/ | raclassions /ʁa.kla.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kla.sjɔ̃/ | raclassiez /ʁa.kla.sje/ or /ʁɑ.kla.sje/ | raclassent /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/ | — | raclons /ʁa.klɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɔ̃/ | raclez /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/ | — | |
| 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
- racler les fonds de tiroirs
Related terms
- raclette
- raclement
- râler
Further reading
- “racler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.