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frapper

frapper

French

Verb

frapper

  1. to hit, to strike, to bash
    Il m'a frappé le bras.
    He hit me on the arm.
  2. to knock (e.g. on a door)
    • 2006, Natasha St. Pier, Longueur D'Ondes (album), Un Ange Frappe À Ma Porte (song)
      Un ange frappe à ma porte
      An angel knocks at my door.
  3. to bang (to get attention)
  4. (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
  5. (music) to strike (a chord)
  6. to strike down
    Frappé par Dieu.
    Struck down by God.
  7. to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
  8. (figuratively) to strike
    Frapper l'imagination.
    To strike the imagination.
  9. (bartending) to shake

Derived terms

Conjugation

Middle French

Alternative forms

Verb

frapper

  1. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of frapper
simple compound
infinitive frapper avoir frappé
gerund en frappant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle frappant
past participle frappé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present frappe frappes frappe frappons frappez frappent
imperfect frappois, frappoys frappois, frappoys frappoit, frappoyt frappions, frappyons frappiez, frappyez frappoient, frappoyent
past historic frappa frappas frappa frappasmes frappastes frapperent
future frapperai, frapperay frapperas frappera frapperons frapperez frapperont
conditional frapperois, frapperoys frapperois, frapperoys frapperoit, frapperoyt frapperions, frapperyons frapperiez, frapperyez frapperoient, frapperoyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present frappe frappes frappe frappons frappez frappent
imperfect frappasse frappasses frappast frappassions frappassiez frappassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— frappe — frappons frappez —

Etymology

From Middle French frapper, from Old French fraper, frapper ‎(“to deliver a blow to someone, hit, strike”), from Frankish *hrapōn ‎(“to snatch, scuffle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrapjaną ‎(“to touch, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krep-, *(s)kreb- ‎(“to scratch, engrave”). Cognate with Old High German hraffōn ‎(“to take over, seize”) (whence German raffen ‎(“to gather up, heap”)), Old English hreppan ‎(“to touch, treat”), Old Norse hrappa ‎(“to handle roughly”), North Frisian rippe ‎(“to move, stir”).

For the change in spelling from hr to fr compare also freux, froc, frimas, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁa.ˈpe/

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