rabâcher
French
Etymology
From a root *rabb-, possibly from the substrate, whence also possibly Old French rabaster (“to make noise”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ ~ /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
rabâcher
- to harp on (about)
- to go back on one's word; fail to keep a promise
Conjugation
Conjugation of rabâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rabâcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rabâchant /ʁa.ba.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rabâché /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâches /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâchons /ʁa.ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rabâchez /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
rabâchent /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | rabâchais /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchais /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchait /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ |
rabâchions /ʁa.ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rabâchiez /ʁa.ba.ʃje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ |
rabâchaient /ʁa.ba.ʃɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rabâchai /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
rabâchas /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâcha /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâchâmes /ʁa.ba.ʃam/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃam/ |
rabâchâtes /ʁa.ba.ʃat/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃat/ |
rabâchèrent /ʁa.ba.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | rabâcherai /ʁa.baʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ |
rabâcheras /ʁa.baʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ |
rabâchera /ʁa.baʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁa/ |
rabâcherons /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rabâcherez /ʁa.baʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁe/ |
rabâcheront /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rabâcherais /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherais /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherait /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rabâcherions /ʁa.ba.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rabâcheriez /ʁa.ba.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
rabâcheraient /ʁa.baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ.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 | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâches /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
rabâchions /ʁa.ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
rabâchiez /ʁa.ba.ʃje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃje/ |
rabâchent /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | rabâchasse /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ |
rabâchasses /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ |
rabâchât /ʁa.ba.ʃa/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa/ |
rabâchassions /ʁa.ba.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
rabâchassiez /ʁa.ba.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
rabâchassent /ʁa.ba.ʃas/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rabâche /ʁa.baʃ/ or /ʁa.bɑʃ/ |
— | rabâchons /ʁa.ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
rabâchez /ʁa.ba.ʃe/ or /ʁa.bɑ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*rabb-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 1ff.
Further reading
- “rabâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.