rôder

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See also: roder

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan rodar, from Latin rotāre. Doublet of rouer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁo.de/
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Verb

rôder

  1. to loiter, prowl, move about suspiciously or hostilely
  2. to wander
    • 1877, Victor Hugo, chapter 8, in L’Art d’être grand-père‎, Calmann-Lévy, page 25:
      On voit rôder l’abeille à jeun, La guêpe court, le frelon guette ;
      We see the fasting bee wandering, The wasp runs, the hornet lies in wait;
  3. Misspelling of roder.
    • 1995, Terry Pratchett, translated by Patrick Couton, Trois Sœurcières, Pocket, translation of Wyrd Sisters, published 1999, →ISBN, page 10:
      Elle avait passé des années à moisir en province, à jouer les secondes rafales, à se rôder, […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of rôder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rôder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rôdant
/ʁo.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rôdé
/ʁo.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rôde
/ʁod/ 		rôdes
/ʁod/ 		rôde
/ʁod/ 		rôdons
/ʁo.dɔ̃/ 		rôdez
/ʁo.de/ 		rôdent
/ʁod/
imperfect rôdais
/ʁo.dɛ/ 		rôdais
/ʁo.dɛ/ 		rôdait
/ʁo.dɛ/ 		rôdions
/ʁo.djɔ̃/ 		rôdiez
/ʁo.dje/ 		rôdaient
/ʁo.dɛ/
past historic2 rôdai
/ʁo.de/ 		rôdas
/ʁo.da/ 		rôda
/ʁo.da/ 		rôdâmes
/ʁo.dam/ 		rôdâtes
/ʁo.dat/ 		rôdèrent
/ʁo.dɛʁ/
future rôderai
/ʁo.dʁe/ 		rôderas
/ʁo.dʁa/ 		rôdera
/ʁo.dʁa/ 		rôderons
/ʁo.dʁɔ̃/ 		rôderez
/ʁo.dʁe/ 		rôderont
/ʁo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional rôderais
/ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		rôderais
/ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		rôderait
/ʁo.dʁɛ/ 		rôderions
/ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rôderiez
/ʁo.də.ʁje/ 		rôderaient
/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 rôde
/ʁod/ 		rôdes
/ʁod/ 		rôde
/ʁod/ 		rôdions
/ʁo.djɔ̃/ 		rôdiez
/ʁo.dje/ 		rôdent
/ʁod/
imperfect2 rôdasse
/ʁo.das/ 		rôdasses
/ʁo.das/ 		rôdât
/ʁo.da/ 		rôdassions
/ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/ 		rôdassiez
/ʁo.da.sje/ 		rôdassent
/ʁo.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rôde
/ʁod/ 		— rôdons
/ʁo.dɔ̃/ 		rôdez
/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).

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