ratisser

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See also: râtisser

French

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ti.se/
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Verb

ratisser

  1. (transitive) to rake (to use a rake to collect things together)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to comb through, to comb over, to fine-tooth comb, to trawl
    Synonym: passer au peigne fin

Conjugation

Conjugation of ratisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ratisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ratissant
/ʁa.ti.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ratissé
/ʁa.ti.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ratisse
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratisses
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratisse
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratissons
/ʁa.ti.sɔ̃/ 		ratissez
/ʁa.ti.se/ 		ratissent
/ʁa.tis/
imperfect ratissais
/ʁa.ti.sɛ/ 		ratissais
/ʁa.ti.sɛ/ 		ratissait
/ʁa.ti.sɛ/ 		ratissions
/ʁa.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		ratissiez
/ʁa.ti.sje/ 		ratissaient
/ʁa.ti.sɛ/
past historic2 ratissai
/ʁa.ti.se/ 		ratissas
/ʁa.ti.sa/ 		ratissa
/ʁa.ti.sa/ 		ratissâmes
/ʁa.ti.sam/ 		ratissâtes
/ʁa.ti.sat/ 		ratissèrent
/ʁa.ti.sɛʁ/
future ratisserai
/ʁa.ti.sʁe/ 		ratisseras
/ʁa.ti.sʁa/ 		ratissera
/ʁa.ti.sʁa/ 		ratisserons
/ʁa.ti.sʁɔ̃/ 		ratisserez
/ʁa.ti.sʁe/ 		ratisseront
/ʁa.ti.sʁɔ̃/
conditional ratisserais
/ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ 		ratisserais
/ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ 		ratisserait
/ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/ 		ratisserions
/ʁa.ti.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ratisseriez
/ʁa.ti.sə.ʁje/ 		ratisseraient
/ʁa.ti.sʁɛ/
(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 ratisse
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratisses
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratisse
/ʁa.tis/ 		ratissions
/ʁa.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		ratissiez
/ʁa.ti.sje/ 		ratissent
/ʁa.tis/
imperfect2 ratissasse
/ʁa.ti.sas/ 		ratissasses
/ʁa.ti.sas/ 		ratissât
/ʁa.ti.sa/ 		ratissassions
/ʁa.ti.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		ratissassiez
/ʁa.ti.sa.sje/ 		ratissassent
/ʁa.ti.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ratisse
/ʁa.tis/ 		— ratissons
/ʁa.ti.sɔ̃/ 		ratissez
/ʁa.ti.se/ 		—
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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