arracher

French

Etymology

By prefix substitution from Old French esrachier (see also the form arachier), from Latin ērādīcāre, present active infinitive of ērādīcō. Doublet of éradiquer, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ʁa.ʃe/
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Verb

arracher

  1. to uproot, pull up, tear out
  2. to extract, take out (a tooth)
  3. to pull off, rip off, peel
    Il arrache les pattes du moustique.
    He's ripping off the mosquito's legs.
  4. to buy, snap up
    On l'a arraché pour 10.000 dollars.
    They snapped it up for 10,000 dollars.
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight over (something)
  6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to tear oneself away (à from)

Conjugation
Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle arrachant
/a.ʁa.ʃɑ̃/
past participle arraché
/a.ʁa.ʃe/
infinitive
simple arracher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple arrachant
/a.ʁa.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present arrache
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arraches
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arrache
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arrachons
/a.ʁa.ʃɔ̃/		 arrachez
/a.ʁa.ʃe/		 arrachent
/a.ʁaʃ/
imperfect arrachais
/a.ʁa.ʃɛ/		 arrachais
/a.ʁa.ʃɛ/		 arrachait
/a.ʁa.ʃɛ/		 arrachions
/a.ʁa.ʃjɔ̃/		 arrachiez
/a.ʁa.ʃje/		 arrachaient
/a.ʁa.ʃɛ/
past historic2 arrachai
/a.ʁa.ʃe/		 arrachas
/a.ʁa.ʃa/		 arracha
/a.ʁa.ʃa/		 arrachâmes
/a.ʁa.ʃam/		 arrachâtes
/a.ʁa.ʃat/		 arrachèrent
/a.ʁa.ʃɛʁ/
future arracherai
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁe/		 arracheras
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁa/		 arrachera
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁa/		 arracherons
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 arracherez
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁe/		 arracheront
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional arracherais
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/		 arracherais
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/		 arracherait
/a.ʁaʃ.ʁɛ/		 arracherions
/a.ʁa.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 arracheriez
/a.ʁa.ʃə.ʁje/		 arracheraient
/a.ʁaʃ.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 arrache
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arraches
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arrache
/a.ʁaʃ/		 arrachions
/a.ʁa.ʃjɔ̃/		 arrachiez
/a.ʁa.ʃje/		 arrachent
/a.ʁaʃ/
imperfect2 arrachasse
/a.ʁa.ʃas/		 arrachasses
/a.ʁa.ʃas/		 arrachât
/a.ʁa.ʃa/		 arrachassions
/a.ʁa.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 arrachassiez
/a.ʁa.ʃa.sje/		 arrachassent
/a.ʁa.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrache
/a.ʁaʃ/		 — arrachons
/a.ʁa.ʃɔ̃/		 arrachez
/a.ʁa.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

arracher

  1. Alternative form of arachier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of arracher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive arracher avoir arraché
gerund en arrachant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle arrachant
past participle arraché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present arrache arraches arrache arrachons arrachez arrachent
imperfect arrachoie, arracheie, arrachoe, arracheve arrachoies, arracheies, arrachoes, arracheves arrachoit, arracheit, arrachot, arracheve arrachiiens, arrachiens arrachiiez, arrachiez arrachoient, arracheient, arrachoent, arrachevent
preterite arrachai arrachas arracha arrachames arrachastes arracherent
future arracherai arracheras arrachera arracherons arracheroiz, arrachereiz, arracherez arracheront
conditional arracheroie, arrachereie arracheroies, arrachereies arracheroit, arrachereit arracheriiens, arracheriens arracheriiez, arracheriez arracheroient, arrachereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present arrache arraches arrache arrachons arrachez arrachent
imperfect arrachasse arrachasses arrachast arrachissons, arrachissiens arrachissoiz, arrachissez, arrachissiez arrachassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— arrache — arrachons arrachez —
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