frapper

From Middle French frapper, from Old French fraper, frapper (“to deliver a blow to someone, hit, strike”), from Frankish *hrapōn (“to snatch, scuffle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrapjaną (“to touch, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krep-, *(s)kreb- (“to scratch, engrave”). Cognate with Old High German hraffōn (“to take over, seize”) (whence German raffen (“to gather up, heap”)), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”), Old Norse hrappa (“to handle roughly”), North Frisian rippe (“to move, stir”).

For the change in spelling from hr to fr compare also freux, froc, frimas, etc.

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.pe/

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frapper

1. to hit, to strike, to bash

   Il m'a frappé le bras.

   He hit me on the arm.

2. to knock (e.g. on a door)
   • 2006, Natasha St. Pier, Longueur D'Ondes (album), Un Ange Frappe À Ma Porte (song)

     Un ange frappe à ma porte

     An angel knocks at my door.

3. to bang (to get attention)
4. (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
5. (music) to strike (a chord)
6. to strike down

   Frappé par Dieu.

   Struck down by God.

7. to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
8. (figuratively) to strike

   Frapper l'imagination.

   To strike the imagination.

9. (bartending) to shake

• frappe
• frappoir

• “frapper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• fraper

frapper

1. to hit; to strike

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: frapper