From Middle French frotter, from Old French froter (“to stroke, wipe, rub”), of uncertain origin. Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre , present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).
frotter
| infinitive | simple | frotter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | frottant /fʁɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | frotté /fʁɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | frotte /fʁɔt/ |
frottes /fʁɔt/ |
frotte /fʁɔt/ |
frottons /fʁɔ.tɔ̃/ |
frottez /fʁɔ.te/ |
frottent /fʁɔt/ |
| imperfect | frottais /fʁɔ.tɛ/ |
frottais /fʁɔ.tɛ/ |
frottait /fʁɔ.tɛ/ |
frottions /fʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
frottiez /fʁɔ.tje/ |
frottaient /fʁɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | frottai /fʁɔ.te/ |
frottas /fʁɔ.ta/ |
frotta /fʁɔ.ta/ |
frottâmes /fʁɔ.tam/ |
frottâtes /fʁɔ.tat/ |
frottèrent /fʁɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | frotterai /fʁɔ.tʁe/ |
frotteras /fʁɔ.tʁa/ |
frottera /fʁɔ.tʁa/ |
frotterons /fʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
frotterez /fʁɔ.tʁe/ |
frotteront /fʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | frotterais /fʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
frotterais /fʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
frotterait /fʁɔ.tʁɛ/ |
frotterions /fʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
frotteriez /fʁɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
frotteraient /fʁɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | frotte /fʁɔt/ |
frottes /fʁɔt/ |
frotte /fʁɔt/ |
frottions /fʁɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
frottiez /fʁɔ.tje/ |
frottent /fʁɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | frottasse /fʁɔ.tas/ |
frottasses /fʁɔ.tas/ |
frottât /fʁɔ.ta/ |
frottassions /fʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
frottassiez /fʁɔ.ta.sje/ |
frottassent /fʁɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | frotte /fʁɔt/ |
— | frottons /fʁɔ.tɔ̃/ |
frottez /fʁɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Probably from Latin frictāre, present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).
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