rabattre

French

Etymology

From re- + abattre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁabatʁ/

Verb

rabattre

  1. to make something lower
  2. to close, shut (down)
  3. to fold over (covers, curtains etc.)
  4. to turn down (a collar)
  5. to pull down (a skirt)
  6. to reduce, deduct, diminish
  7. to cut back (a plant, tree)
  8. (reflexive) to cut in
  9. (reflexive, followed by sur) to fall back on
  10. (reflexive) to (swing) shut

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *rabatt and *rabatts, it has the forms rabat and rabats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

Conjugation of rabattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle rabattant
/ʁa.ba.tɑ̃/
past participle rabattu
/ʁa.ba.ty/
infinitive
simple rabattre
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple rabattant
/ʁa.ba.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rabats
/ʁa.ba/		 rabats
/ʁa.ba/		 rabat
/ʁa.ba/		 rabattons
/ʁa.ba.tɔ̃/		 rabattez
/ʁa.ba.te/		 rabattent
/ʁa.bat/
imperfect rabattais
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/		 rabattais
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/		 rabattait
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/		 rabattions
/ʁa.ba.tjɔ̃/		 rabattiez
/ʁa.ba.tje/		 rabattaient
/ʁa.ba.tɛ/
past historic2 rabattis
/ʁa.ba.ti/		 rabattis
/ʁa.ba.ti/		 rabattit
/ʁa.ba.ti/		 rabattîmes
/ʁa.ba.tim/		 rabattîtes
/ʁa.ba.tit/		 rabattirent
/ʁa.ba.tiʁ/
future rabattrai
/ʁa.ba.tʁe/		 rabattras
/ʁa.ba.tʁa/		 rabattra
/ʁa.ba.tʁa/		 rabattrons
/ʁa.ba.tʁɔ̃/		 rabattrez
/ʁa.ba.tʁe/		 rabattront
/ʁa.ba.tʁɔ̃/
conditional rabattrais
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/		 rabattrais
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/		 rabattrait
/ʁa.ba.tʁɛ/		 rabattrions
/ʁa.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 rabattriez
/ʁa.ba.tʁi.je/		 rabattraient
/ʁa.ba.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 rabatte
/ʁa.bat/		 rabattes
/ʁa.bat/		 rabatte
/ʁa.bat/		 rabattions
/ʁa.ba.tjɔ̃/		 rabattiez
/ʁa.ba.tje/		 rabattent
/ʁa.bat/
imperfect2 rabattisse
/ʁa.ba.tis/		 rabattisses
/ʁa.ba.tis/		 rabattît
/ʁa.ba.ti/		 rabattissions
/ʁa.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/		 rabattissiez
/ʁa.ba.ti.sje/		 rabattissent
/ʁa.ba.tis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rabats
/ʁa.ba/		 — rabattons
/ʁa.ba.tɔ̃/		 rabattez
/ʁa.ba.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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