raire

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word raire. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word raire, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say raire in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word raire you have here. The definition of the word raire will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofraire, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French raire, from Late Latin ragĕre. Compare Romanian rage. Cf. also railler.

Verb

raire (defective)

  1. (rare, of deer) to troat, cry, bellow, make noises

Conjugation

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -ray- root: *je rayis, *que nous rayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -rais- was used instead of -ray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

Conjugation of raire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple raire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rayant
/ʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rait
/ʁɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rais
/ʁɛ/ 		rais
/ʁɛ/ 		rait
/ʁɛ/ 		rayons
/ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ 		rayez
/ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ 		raient
/ʁɛ/
imperfect rayais
/ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ 		rayais
/ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ 		rayait
/ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ 		rayions
/ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		rayiez
/ʁɛj.je/ 		rayaient
/ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/
past historic2 rayai
/ʁɛe/ 		rayas
/ʁɛa/ 		raya
/ʁɛa/ 		rayâmes
/ʁɛam/ 		rayâtes
/ʁɛat/ 		rayèrent
/ʁɛɛʁ/
future rairai
/ʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ʁe/ 		rairas
/ʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ʁa/ 		raira
/ʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ʁa/ 		rairons
/ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ʁɔ̃/ 		rairez
/ʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ʁe/ 		rairont
/ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rairais
/ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ʁɛ/ 		rairais
/ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ʁɛ/ 		rairait
/ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ʁɛ/ 		rairions
/ʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rairiez
/ʁɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁe.ʁje/ 		rairaient
/ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.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 raie
/ʁɛ/ 		raies
/ʁɛ/ 		raie
/ʁɛ/ 		rayions
/ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		rayiez
/ʁɛj.je/ 		raient
/ʁɛ/
imperfect2 rayasse
/ʁɛas/ 		rayasses
/ʁɛas/ 		rayât
/ʁɛa/ 		rayassions
/ʁɛa.sjɔ̃/ 		rayassiez
/ʁɛa.sje/ 		rayassent
/ʁɛas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rais
/ʁɛ/ 		— rayons
/ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ 		rayez
/ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ 		—
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).

Synonyms

Related terms

Noun

raire m (plural raires)

  1. the troat or cry of a deer

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia