marauder
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈɹɔːdə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈɹɔdɚ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /məˈɹɑdɚ/
Noun
marauder (plural marauders)
- Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
- a band of marauders
- Any person who or thing which marauds.
Translations
one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
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French
Etymology
From maraud + -er, from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁo.de/
Audio: (file)
Verb
marauder
Conjugation
Conjugation of marauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marauder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | maraudant /ma.ʁo.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | maraudé /ma.ʁo.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | maraude /ma.ʁod/ |
maraudes /ma.ʁod/ |
maraude /ma.ʁod/ |
maraudons /ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/ |
maraudez /ma.ʁo.de/ |
maraudent /ma.ʁod/ |
| imperfect | maraudais /ma.ʁo.dɛ/ |
maraudais /ma.ʁo.dɛ/ |
maraudait /ma.ʁo.dɛ/ |
maraudions /ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/ |
maraudiez /ma.ʁo.dje/ |
maraudaient /ma.ʁo.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | maraudai /ma.ʁo.de/ |
maraudas /ma.ʁo.da/ |
marauda /ma.ʁo.da/ |
maraudâmes /ma.ʁo.dam/ |
maraudâtes /ma.ʁo.dat/ |
maraudèrent /ma.ʁo.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | marauderai /ma.ʁo.dʁe/ |
marauderas /ma.ʁo.dʁa/ |
maraudera /ma.ʁo.dʁa/ |
marauderons /ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/ |
marauderez /ma.ʁo.dʁe/ |
marauderont /ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marauderais /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ |
marauderais /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ |
marauderait /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ |
marauderions /ma.ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marauderiez /ma.ʁo.də.ʁje/ |
marauderaient /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | maraude /ma.ʁod/ |
maraudes /ma.ʁod/ |
maraude /ma.ʁod/ |
maraudions /ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/ |
maraudiez /ma.ʁo.dje/ |
maraudent /ma.ʁod/ |
| imperfect2 | maraudasse /ma.ʁo.das/ |
maraudasses /ma.ʁo.das/ |
maraudât /ma.ʁo.da/ |
maraudassions /ma.ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/ |
maraudassiez /ma.ʁo.da.sje/ |
maraudassent /ma.ʁo.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | maraude /ma.ʁod/ |
— | maraudons /ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/ |
maraudez /ma.ʁo.de/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- → English: maraud
- ⇒ English: marauder
- → German: marodieren
- → Spanish: merode
- ⇒ Spanish: merodeador
Further reading
- “marauder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “marauder” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.