rabattre

From re- + abattre.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.batʁ/

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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. to bind off (stitches in knitting)
9. (reflexive) to cut in
10. (reflexive, followed by sur) to fall back on
11. (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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• baratter