rabattre

From re- + abattre.

• IPA^(key): /ʁabatʁ/

rabattre

1. to make something lower
2. to close, shut (down)
3. to fold over (covers, curtains etc.)
4. to turn down (a collar)
5. to pull down (a skirt)
6. to reduce, deduct, diminish
7. to cut back (a plant, tree)
8. (reflexive) to cut in
9. (reflexive, followed by sur) to fall back on
10. (reflexive) to (swing) shut

This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *rabatt and *rabatts, it has the forms rabat and rabats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

• German: Rabatt

• “rabattre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• baratter