traire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French traire, treire (“to pull”), from Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Latin trahere (“to pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

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Verb

traire

1. (transitive) to milk (a cow, etc)

Conjugation

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -tray- root: *je trayis, *que nous trayissions 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 -trais- was used instead of -tray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

Related terms

Further reading

• “traire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• errait, retira, terrai, tirera, triera

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French traire.

Verb

traire

1. to fire (an arrow)
   • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     arbalestriers commencierent a traire sur le chastel

     crossbowmen started to fire at the castle

Descendants

• French: traire

Norman

Etymology

From Old French traire, from Early Medieval Latin tragō Latin trahō (“I pull”).

Verb

traire

1. to pull
2. to milk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb « traire » in Norman

infinitive			traire
gerund			trayant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trait		traite
		plural		traits		traites
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	trais	trais	trait	trayoms	trayez	traient
	imperfect	trayeis	trayeis	trayeit	trayioms	trayiez	trayeient
	preterite	trayis	trayis	trayit	trayîmes	trayîtes	trayîtrent
	future	trairai	trairas	traira	trairoms	trairez	trairont
	conditional	traireis	traireis	traireit	trairioms	trairiez	traireient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	traie	traies	traie	trayioms	trayiez	traient
	imperfect	trayisse	trayisses	trayît trayisse	trayissioms	trayissiez	trayissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			trais		trayoms	trayez
1Used with past participles.

Related terms

• attraire
• estraire
• soutraire

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan traire, from Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Latin trahere (“to drag, extract, trail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaj.ɾe/

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Verb

traire

1. to pull, drag

Old French

Alternative forms

• treire, trere

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Classical Latin trahō (“I pull”).

Verb

traire

1. to pull
2. (chiefly of a weapon) to draw; to unsheathe
3. to pull out (extract by pulling); to remove (by pulling)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     A plusurs fist traire les denz

     For many, he pulled out their teeth

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• atraire
• estraire
• retraire

Descendants

• Middle French: traire
  • French: traire
• Norman: traithe, traire

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Classical Latin trahō (“I pull”).

Verb

traire

1. to pull

Related terms

• atraire
• estraire
• retraire

Descendants

• Occitan: traire

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “trahere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 177