raper

See also: Raper and râper

English

Etymology

From rape +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

raper (plural rapers)

1. (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.
   • 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods, page 149:

     "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.

   • 1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity, page 71:

     Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.

Derived terms

• goat raper

Anagrams

• parer

French

Alternative forms

• rapper

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pe/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: râper (many accents)

Verb

raper

1. to rap (to sing rap songs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of raper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	raper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rapant /ʁa.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rapé /ʁa.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rape /ʁap/	rapes /ʁap/	rape /ʁap/	rapons /ʁa.pɔ̃/	rapez /ʁa.pe/	rapent /ʁap/
	imperfect	rapais /ʁa.pɛ/	rapais /ʁa.pɛ/	rapait /ʁa.pɛ/	rapions /ʁa.pjɔ̃/	rapiez /ʁa.pje/	rapaient /ʁa.pɛ/
	past historic2	rapai /ʁa.pe/	rapas /ʁa.pa/	rapa /ʁa.pa/	rapâmes /ʁa.pam/	rapâtes /ʁa.pat/	rapèrent /ʁa.pɛʁ/
	future	raperai /ʁa.pʁe/	raperas /ʁa.pʁa/	rapera /ʁa.pʁa/	raperons /ʁa.pʁɔ̃/	raperez /ʁa.pʁe/	raperont /ʁa.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raperais /ʁa.pʁɛ/	raperais /ʁa.pʁɛ/	raperait /ʁa.pʁɛ/	raperions /ʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	raperiez /ʁa.pə.ʁje/	raperaient /ʁa.pʁɛ/
(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	rape /ʁap/	rapes /ʁap/	rape /ʁap/	rapions /ʁa.pjɔ̃/	rapiez /ʁa.pje/	rapent /ʁap/
	imperfect2	rapasse /ʁa.pas/	rapasses /ʁa.pas/	rapât /ʁa.pa/	rapassions /ʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/	rapassiez /ʁa.pa.sje/	rapassent /ʁa.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rape /ʁap/	—	rapons /ʁa.pɔ̃/	rapez /ʁa.pe/	—
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).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

raper

1. present of rape.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.pɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apɛr
• Syllabification: ra‧per

Noun

raper m pers (female equivalent raperka)

1. (music) rapper

Declension

Declension of raper

	singular	plural
nominative	raper	raperzy/rapery (deprecative)
genitive	rapera	raperów
dative	raperowi	raperom
accusative	rapera	raperów
instrumental	raperem	raperami
locative	raperze	raperach
vocative	raperze	raperzy

Derived terms

adjective

• raperski

 

Related terms

adjective

• rapowy

 

noun

• rap

 

verb

• rapować

 

Further reading

• raper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• raper in Polish dictionaries at PWN