racler

See also: râcler

French

Alternative forms

• râcler

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin *rasclare, from Latin rasculum, from rasus (“razor”). Doublet of râler. Compare also Italian raschiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.kle/ ~ /ʁɑ.kle/

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Verb

racler

1. to scrape (off), to scratch

Conjugation

Conjugation of racler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	racler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	raclant /ʁa.klɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		raclé /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	racles /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	raclons /ʁa.klɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɔ̃/	raclez /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/	raclent /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/
	imperfect	raclais /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/	raclais /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/	raclait /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/	raclions /ʁa.kli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kli.jɔ̃/	racliez /ʁa.kli.je/ or /ʁɑ.kli.je/	raclaient /ʁa.klɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛ/
	past historic2	raclai /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/	raclas /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/	racla /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/	raclâmes /ʁa.klam/ or /ʁɑ.klam/	raclâtes /ʁa.klat/ or /ʁɑ.klat/	raclèrent /ʁa.klɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ.klɛʁ/
	future	raclerai /ʁa.klə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁe/	racleras /ʁa.klə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁa/	raclera /ʁa.klə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁa/	raclerons /ʁa.klə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɔ̃/	raclerez /ʁa.klə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁe/	racleront /ʁa.klə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raclerais /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/	raclerais /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/	raclerait /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁɛ/	raclerions /ʁa.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁjɔ̃/	racleriez /ʁa.klə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ.klə.ʁje/	racleraient /ʁa.klə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ.klə.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	racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	racles /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	raclions /ʁa.kli.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kli.jɔ̃/	racliez /ʁa.kli.je/ or /ʁɑ.kli.je/	raclent /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/
	imperfect2	raclasse /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/	raclasses /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/	raclât /ʁa.kla/ or /ʁɑ.kla/	raclassions /ʁa.kla.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.kla.sjɔ̃/	raclassiez /ʁa.kla.sje/ or /ʁɑ.kla.sje/	raclassent /ʁa.klas/ or /ʁɑ.klas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	racle /ʁakl/ or /ʁɑkl/	—	raclons /ʁa.klɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ.klɔ̃/	raclez /ʁa.kle/ or /ʁɑ.kle/	—
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

• racler les fonds de tiroirs

Related terms

• raclette
• raclement
• râler

Further reading

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