marauder

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English

Etymology

From maraud +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

  1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
    a band of marauders
  2. Any person who or thing which marauds.

Translations

French

Etymology

From maraud +‎ -er, from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”).

Pronunciation

Verb

marauder

  1. (intransitive) to pilfer
  2. (intransitive) to prowl

Conjugation

Conjugation of marauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marauder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maraudant
/ma.ʁo.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle maraudé
/ma.ʁo.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present maraude
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraudes
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraude
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraudons
/ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/ 		maraudez
/ma.ʁo.de/ 		maraudent
/ma.ʁod/
imperfect maraudais
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/ 		maraudais
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/ 		maraudait
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/ 		maraudions
/ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/ 		maraudiez
/ma.ʁo.dje/ 		maraudaient
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/
past historic2 maraudai
/ma.ʁo.de/ 		maraudas
/ma.ʁo.da/ 		marauda
/ma.ʁo.da/ 		maraudâmes
/ma.ʁo.dam/ 		maraudâtes
/ma.ʁo.dat/ 		maraudèrent
/ma.ʁo.dɛʁ/
future marauderai
/ma.ʁo.dʁe/ 		marauderas
/ma.ʁo.dʁa/ 		maraudera
/ma.ʁo.dʁa/ 		marauderons
/ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/ 		marauderez
/ma.ʁo.dʁe/ 		marauderont
/ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional marauderais
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		marauderais
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		marauderait
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		marauderions
/ma.ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		marauderiez
/ma.ʁo.də.ʁje/ 		marauderaient
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/
(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 maraude
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraudes
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraude
/ma.ʁod/ 		maraudions
/ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/ 		maraudiez
/ma.ʁo.dje/ 		maraudent
/ma.ʁod/
imperfect2 maraudasse
/ma.ʁo.das/ 		maraudasses
/ma.ʁo.das/ 		maraudât
/ma.ʁo.da/ 		maraudassions
/ma.ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/ 		maraudassiez
/ma.ʁo.da.sje/ 		maraudassent
/ma.ʁo.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maraude
/ma.ʁod/ 		— maraudons
/ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/ 		maraudez
/ma.ʁo.de/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → English: maraud
  • → German: marodieren
  • → Spanish: merode

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