frotter

French

Etymology

From Middle French frotter, from Old French froter (“to stroke, wipe, rub”), of uncertain origin. Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre , present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

frotter

  1. to rub, chafe
  2. to scrub, scour
  3. to scrape
  4. to stone
  5. (figurative, informal, takes a reflexive pronoun, se frotter) to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side
    Ne te frotte pas à elle! Elle a beaucoup d’ennuis.
    Don't get on her bad side! She has a lot of issues.

Conjugation
Conjugation of frotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple frotter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple frottant
/fʁɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle frotté
/fʁɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present frotte
/fʁɔt/		 frottes
/fʁɔt/		 frotte
/fʁɔt/		 frottons
/fʁɔ.tɔ̃/		 frottez
/fʁɔ.te/		 frottent
/fʁɔt/
imperfect frottais
/fʁɔ.tɛ/		 frottais
/fʁɔ.tɛ/		 frottait
/fʁɔ.tɛ/		 frottions
/fʁɔ.tjɔ̃/		 frottiez
/fʁɔ.tje/		 frottaient
/fʁɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 frottai
/fʁɔ.te/		 frottas
/fʁɔ.ta/		 frotta
/fʁɔ.ta/		 frottâmes
/fʁɔ.tam/		 frottâtes
/fʁɔ.tat/		 frottèrent
/fʁɔ.tɛʁ/
future frotterai
/fʁɔ.tʁe/		 frotteras
/fʁɔ.tʁa/		 frottera
/fʁɔ.tʁa/		 frotterons
/fʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 frotterez
/fʁɔ.tʁe/		 frotteront
/fʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional frotterais
/fʁɔ.tʁɛ/		 frotterais
/fʁɔ.tʁɛ/		 frotterait
/fʁɔ.tʁɛ/		 frotterions
/fʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 frotteriez
/fʁɔ.tə.ʁje/		 frotteraient
/fʁɔ.tʁɛ/
(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 frotte
/fʁɔt/		 frottes
/fʁɔt/		 frotte
/fʁɔt/		 frottions
/fʁɔ.tjɔ̃/		 frottiez
/fʁɔ.tje/		 frottent
/fʁɔt/
imperfect2 frottasse
/fʁɔ.tas/		 frottasses
/fʁɔ.tas/		 frottât
/fʁɔ.ta/		 frottassions
/fʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 frottassiez
/fʁɔ.ta.sje/		 frottassent
/fʁɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — frotte
/fʁɔt/		 — frottons
/fʁɔ.tɔ̃/		 frottez
/fʁɔ.te/		 —
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

Descendants
  • Turkish: fortçu

Further reading

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Latin frictāre, present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

frotter

  1. (Jersey) to rub
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