rouscailler

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French

Etymology

From rousser +‎ Old French cailler (“to chat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁus.ka.je/
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Verb

rouscailler

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to grumble
  2. (intransitive, slang) to chat, rap
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le dernier jour d'un condamné, section V:
      Ils m’apprennent à parler argot, à rouscailler bigorne, comme ils disent.
      They're teaching me to speak slang – to rap the lingo, as they put it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rouscailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rouscailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rouscaillant
/ʁus.ka.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rouscaillé
/ʁus.ka.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rouscaille
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscailles
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscaille
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscaillons
/ʁus.ka.jɔ̃/ 		rouscaillez
/ʁus.ka.je/ 		rouscaillent
/ʁus.kaj/
imperfect rouscaillais
/ʁus.ka.jɛ/ 		rouscaillais
/ʁus.ka.jɛ/ 		rouscaillait
/ʁus.ka.jɛ/ 		rouscaillions
/ʁus.kaj.jɔ̃/ 		rouscailliez
/ʁus.kaj.je/ 		rouscaillaient
/ʁus.ka.jɛ/
past historic2 rouscaillai
/ʁus.ka.je/ 		rouscaillas
/ʁus.ka.ja/ 		rouscailla
/ʁus.ka.ja/ 		rouscaillâmes
/ʁus.ka.jam/ 		rouscaillâtes
/ʁus.ka.jat/ 		rouscaillèrent
/ʁus.ka.jɛʁ/
future rouscaillerai
/ʁus.kaj.ʁe/ 		rouscailleras
/ʁus.kaj.ʁa/ 		rouscaillera
/ʁus.kaj.ʁa/ 		rouscaillerons
/ʁus.kaj.ʁɔ̃/ 		rouscaillerez
/ʁus.kaj.ʁe/ 		rouscailleront
/ʁus.kaj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rouscaillerais
/ʁus.kaj.ʁɛ/ 		rouscaillerais
/ʁus.kaj.ʁɛ/ 		rouscaillerait
/ʁus.kaj.ʁɛ/ 		rouscaillerions
/ʁus.ka.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rouscailleriez
/ʁus.ka.jə.ʁje/ 		rouscailleraient
/ʁus.kaj.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 rouscaille
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscailles
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscaille
/ʁus.kaj/ 		rouscaillions
/ʁus.kaj.jɔ̃/ 		rouscailliez
/ʁus.kaj.je/ 		rouscaillent
/ʁus.kaj/
imperfect2 rouscaillasse
/ʁus.ka.jas/ 		rouscaillasses
/ʁus.ka.jas/ 		rouscaillât
/ʁus.ka.ja/ 		rouscaillassions
/ʁus.ka.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		rouscaillassiez
/ʁus.ka.ja.sje/ 		rouscaillassent
/ʁus.ka.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rouscaille
/ʁus.kaj/ 		— rouscaillons
/ʁus.ka.jɔ̃/ 		rouscaillez
/ʁus.ka.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).

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