érailler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esröeillier, from röeillier, from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin rotāre (“to roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʁa.je/, /e.ʁɑ.je/

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Verb

érailler

1. (transitive) to scratch, tear
2. (transitive) to make (the voice) hoarse

Conjugation

Conjugation of érailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	érailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éraillant /e.ʁa.jɑ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éraillé /e.ʁa.je/ or /e.ʁɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éraille /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	érailles /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	éraille /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	éraillons /e.ʁa.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɔ̃/	éraillez /e.ʁa.je/ or /e.ʁɑ.je/	éraillent /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/
	imperfect	éraillais /e.ʁa.jɛ/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɛ/	éraillais /e.ʁa.jɛ/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɛ/	éraillait /e.ʁa.jɛ/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɛ/	éraillions /e.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑj.jɔ̃/	érailliez /e.ʁaj.je/ or /e.ʁɑj.je/	éraillaient /e.ʁa.jɛ/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	éraillai /e.ʁa.je/ or /e.ʁɑ.je/	éraillas /e.ʁa.ja/ or /e.ʁɑ.ja/	érailla /e.ʁa.ja/ or /e.ʁɑ.ja/	éraillâmes /e.ʁa.jam/ or /e.ʁɑ.jam/	éraillâtes /e.ʁa.jat/ or /e.ʁɑ.jat/	éraillèrent /e.ʁa.jɛʁ/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	éraillerai /e.ʁaj.ʁe/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁe/	érailleras /e.ʁaj.ʁa/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁa/	éraillera /e.ʁaj.ʁa/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁa/	éraillerons /e.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/	éraillerez /e.ʁaj.ʁe/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁe/	érailleront /e.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éraillerais /e.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁɛ/	éraillerais /e.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁɛ/	éraillerait /e.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɑj.ʁɛ/	éraillerions /e.ʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	érailleriez /e.ʁa.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ʁɑ.jə.ʁje/	érailleraient /e.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɑj.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	éraille /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	érailles /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	éraille /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	éraillions /e.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑj.jɔ̃/	érailliez /e.ʁaj.je/ or /e.ʁɑj.je/	éraillent /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/
	imperfect2	éraillasse /e.ʁa.jas/ or /e.ʁɑ.jas/	éraillasses /e.ʁa.jas/ or /e.ʁɑ.jas/	éraillât /e.ʁa.ja/ or /e.ʁɑ.ja/	éraillassions /e.ʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	éraillassiez /e.ʁa.ja.sje/ or /e.ʁɑ.ja.sje/	éraillassent /e.ʁa.jas/ or /e.ʁɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éraille /e.ʁaj/ or /e.ʁɑj/	—	éraillons /e.ʁa.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ.jɔ̃/	éraillez /e.ʁa.je/ or /e.ʁɑ.je/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “érailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.