rapailler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pa.je/ ~ /ʁa.pɑ.je/

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Verb

rapailler

1. (Canada) to pick up, gather or collect things
2. (Canada) to group or regroup

Conjugation

Conjugation of rapailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rapailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rapaillant /ʁa.pa.jɑ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rapaillé /ʁa.pa.je/ or /ʁa.pɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rapaille /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapailles /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapaille /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapaillons /ʁa.pa.jɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɔ̃/	rapaillez /ʁa.pa.je/ or /ʁa.pɑ.je/	rapaillent /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/
	imperfect	rapaillais /ʁa.pa.jɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɛ/	rapaillais /ʁa.pa.jɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɛ/	rapaillait /ʁa.pa.jɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɛ/	rapaillions /ʁa.paj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑj.jɔ̃/	rapailliez /ʁa.paj.je/ or /ʁa.pɑj.je/	rapaillaient /ʁa.pa.jɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	rapaillai /ʁa.pa.je/ or /ʁa.pɑ.je/	rapaillas /ʁa.pa.ja/ or /ʁa.pɑ.ja/	rapailla /ʁa.pa.ja/ or /ʁa.pɑ.ja/	rapaillâmes /ʁa.pa.jam/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jam/	rapaillâtes /ʁa.pa.jat/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jat/	rapaillèrent /ʁa.pa.jɛʁ/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	rapaillerai /ʁa.paj.ʁe/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁe/	rapailleras /ʁa.paj.ʁa/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁa/	rapaillera /ʁa.paj.ʁa/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁa/	rapaillerons /ʁa.paj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁɔ̃/	rapaillerez /ʁa.paj.ʁe/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁe/	rapailleront /ʁa.paj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rapaillerais /ʁa.paj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁɛ/	rapaillerais /ʁa.paj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁɛ/	rapaillerait /ʁa.paj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑj.ʁɛ/	rapaillerions /ʁa.pa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	rapailleriez /ʁa.pa.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jə.ʁje/	rapailleraient /ʁa.paj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁa.pɑj.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	rapaille /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapailles /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapaille /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	rapaillions /ʁa.paj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑj.jɔ̃/	rapailliez /ʁa.paj.je/ or /ʁa.pɑj.je/	rapaillent /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/
	imperfect2	rapaillasse /ʁa.pa.jas/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jas/	rapaillasses /ʁa.pa.jas/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jas/	rapaillât /ʁa.pa.ja/ or /ʁa.pɑ.ja/	rapaillassions /ʁa.pa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	rapaillassiez /ʁa.pa.ja.sje/ or /ʁa.pɑ.ja.sje/	rapaillassent /ʁa.pa.jas/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rapaille /ʁa.paj/ or /ʁa.pɑj/	—	rapaillons /ʁa.pa.jɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pɑ.jɔ̃/	rapaillez /ʁa.pa.je/ or /ʁa.pɑ.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).

Synonyms

• ramasser
• rassembler

Further reading

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