rabattre

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French

Etymology

From re- + abattre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.batʁ/
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Verb

rabattre

  1. to make something lower
  2. to close, shut (down)
  3. to fold over (covers, curtains etc.)
  4. to turn down (a collar)
  5. to pull down (a skirt)
  6. to reduce, deduct, diminish
  7. to cut back (a plant, tree)
  8. to bind off (stitches in knitting)
  9. (reflexive) to cut in
  10. (reflexive, followed by sur) to fall back on
  11. (reflexive) to (swing) shut

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *rabatt and *rabatts, it has the forms rabat and rabats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

Conjugation of rabattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rabattre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rabattant
/ʁa.ba.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rabattu
/ʁa.ba.ty/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rabats
/ʁa.ba/ 		rabats
/ʁa.ba/ 		rabat
/ʁa.ba/ 		rabattons
/ʁa.ba.tɔ̃/ 		rabattez
/ʁa.ba.te/ 		rabattent
/ʁa.bat/
imperfect rabattais
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/ 		rabattais
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/ 		rabattait
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/ 		rabattions
/ʁa.ba.tjɔ̃/ 		rabattiez
/ʁa.ba.tje/ 		rabattaient
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/
past historic2 rabattis
/ʁa.ba.ti/ 		rabattis
/ʁa.ba.ti/ 		rabattit
/ʁa.ba.ti/ 		rabattîmes
/ʁa.ba.tim/ 		rabattîtes
/ʁa.ba.tit/ 		rabattirent
/ʁa.ba.tiʁ/
future rabattrai
/ʁa.ba.tʁe/ 		rabattras
/ʁa.ba.tʁa/ 		rabattra
/ʁa.ba.tʁa/ 		rabattrons
/ʁa.ba.tʁɔ̃/ 		rabattrez
/ʁa.ba.tʁe/ 		rabattront
/ʁa.ba.tʁɔ̃/
conditional rabattrais
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/ 		rabattrais
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/ 		rabattrait
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/ 		rabattrions
/ʁa.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		rabattriez
/ʁa.ba.tʁi.je/ 		rabattraient
/ʁa.ba.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 rabatte
/ʁa.bat/ 		rabattes
/ʁa.bat/ 		rabatte
/ʁa.bat/ 		rabattions
/ʁa.ba.tjɔ̃/ 		rabattiez
/ʁa.ba.tje/ 		rabattent
/ʁa.bat/
imperfect2 rabattisse
/ʁa.ba.tis/ 		rabattisses
/ʁa.ba.tis/ 		rabattît
/ʁa.ba.ti/ 		rabattissions
/ʁa.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		rabattissiez
/ʁa.ba.ti.sje/ 		rabattissent
/ʁa.ba.tis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rabats
/ʁa.ba/ 		— rabattons
/ʁa.ba.tɔ̃/ 		rabattez
/ʁa.ba.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:
  • 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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  • German: Rabatt

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