racrapoter
French
Etymology
From ra- + crapoter or r- + accroupir + -oter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.te/
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Verb
racrapoter
- (Belgium, pronominal) to curl up
- Synonym: recroqueviller
- 1977, Jacques Brel, “Vieillir”, in Les Marquises:
- Mourir de frissonner / Mourir de se dissoudre / De se racrapoter / Mourir de se découdre
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of se racrapoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se racrapoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se racrapotant /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | racrapoté /ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me racrapote /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
te racrapotes /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
se racrapote /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
nous racrapotons /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɔ̃/ |
vous racrapotez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.te/ |
se racrapotent /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
| imperfect | me racrapotais /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɛ/ |
te racrapotais /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɛ/ |
se racrapotait /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɛ/ |
nous racrapotions /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous racrapotiez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tje/ |
se racrapotaient /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me racrapotai /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.te/ |
te racrapotas /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.ta/ |
se racrapota /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.ta/ |
nous racrapotâmes /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tam/ |
vous racrapotâtes /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tat/ |
se racrapotèrent /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me racrapoterai /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁe/ |
te racrapoteras /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁa/ |
se racrapotera /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁa/ |
nous racrapoterons /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous racrapoterez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁe/ |
se racrapoteront /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me racrapoterais /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
te racrapoterais /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
se racrapoterait /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ |
nous racrapoterions /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous racrapoteriez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
se racrapoteraient /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me racrapote /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
te racrapotes /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
se racrapote /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
nous racrapotions /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous racrapotiez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tje/ |
se racrapotent /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | me racrapotasse /mə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tas/ |
te racrapotasses /tə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tas/ |
se racrapotât /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.ta/ |
nous racrapotassions /nu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous racrapotassiez /vu ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.ta.sje/ |
se racrapotassent /sə ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | racrapote-toi /ʁa.kʁa.pɔt.twa/ |
— | racrapotons-nous /ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.tɔ̃.nu/ |
racrapotez-vous /ʁa.kʁa.pɔ.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||