arroger

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arrogāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ.ʒe/

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Verb

arroger

1. (reflexive) to arrogate, appropriate; to assume (a position, right, etc.)

   Synonym: s'adjuger

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written arroge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of arroger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	arroger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	arrogeant /a.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		arrogé /a.ʁɔ.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arroge /a.ʁɔʒ/	arroges /a.ʁɔʒ/	arroge /a.ʁɔʒ/	arrogeons /a.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/	arrogez /a.ʁɔ.ʒe/	arrogent /a.ʁɔʒ/
	imperfect	arrogeais /a.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	arrogeais /a.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	arrogeait /a.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/	arrogions /a.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/	arrogiez /a.ʁɔ.ʒje/	arrogeaient /a.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	arrogeai /a.ʁɔ.ʒe/	arrogeas /a.ʁɔ.ʒa/	arrogea /a.ʁɔ.ʒa/	arrogeâmes /a.ʁɔ.ʒam/	arrogeâtes /a.ʁɔ.ʒat/	arrogèrent /a.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/
	future	arrogerai /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/	arrogeras /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/	arrogera /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/	arrogerons /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/	arrogerez /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/	arrogeront /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	arrogerais /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	arrogerais /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	arrogerait /a.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/	arrogerions /a.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	arrogeriez /a.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/	arrogeraient /a.ʁɔʒ.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	arroge /a.ʁɔʒ/	arroges /a.ʁɔʒ/	arroge /a.ʁɔʒ/	arrogions /a.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/	arrogiez /a.ʁɔ.ʒje/	arrogent /a.ʁɔʒ/
	imperfect2	arrogeasse /a.ʁɔ.ʒas/	arrogeasses /a.ʁɔ.ʒas/	arrogeât /a.ʁɔ.ʒa/	arrogeassions /a.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	arrogeassiez /a.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/	arrogeassent /a.ʁɔ.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arroge /a.ʁɔʒ/	—	arrogeons /a.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/	arrogez /a.ʁɔ.ʒe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• arrogeable

Related terms

• arrogant

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

arroger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of arrogō