dérober
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French desrober, from Old French desrober, from des- + rober (“to steal”), the latter from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną (“to rob; steal”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdérober
- (transitive) to conceal, screen, shield (à from)
- (transitive) to steal (à from)
- (transitive, literary) to turn away (one's head, gaze etc.)
- (reflexive) to shirk, shy away (à from)
- (reflexive) to hide (oneself)
- (reflexive) to slip away (free oneself)
- (reflexive) to give way (collapse)
- 1831, Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, IX.1:
- Ses genoux se dérobèrent sous lui, et il s’affaissa sur le pavé [...]. [His knees gave way under him, and he collapsed onto the stone floor.]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive, horseriding) to refuse
Conjugation
editConjugation of dérober (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | dérober | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | dérobant /de.ʁɔ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dérobé /de.ʁɔ.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | dérobe /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobes /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobe /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobons /de.ʁɔ.bɔ̃/ |
dérobez /de.ʁɔ.be/ |
dérobent /de.ʁɔb/ |
imperfect | dérobais /de.ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
dérobais /de.ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
dérobait /de.ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
dérobions /de.ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
dérobiez /de.ʁɔ.bje/ |
dérobaient /de.ʁɔ.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | dérobai /de.ʁɔ.be/ |
dérobas /de.ʁɔ.ba/ |
déroba /de.ʁɔ.ba/ |
dérobâmes /de.ʁɔ.bam/ |
dérobâtes /de.ʁɔ.bat/ |
dérobèrent /de.ʁɔ.bɛʁ/ | |
future | déroberai /de.ʁɔ.bʁe/ |
déroberas /de.ʁɔ.bʁa/ |
dérobera /de.ʁɔ.bʁa/ |
déroberons /de.ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/ |
déroberez /de.ʁɔ.bʁe/ |
déroberont /de.ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | déroberais /de.ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
déroberais /de.ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
déroberait /de.ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
déroberions /de.ʁɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
déroberiez /de.ʁɔ.bə.ʁje/ |
déroberaient /de.ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ | |
(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 | dérobe /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobes /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobe /de.ʁɔb/ |
dérobions /de.ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
dérobiez /de.ʁɔ.bje/ |
dérobent /de.ʁɔb/ |
imperfect2 | dérobasse /de.ʁɔ.bas/ |
dérobasses /de.ʁɔ.bas/ |
dérobât /de.ʁɔ.ba/ |
dérobassions /de.ʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
dérobassiez /de.ʁɔ.ba.sje/ |
dérobassent /de.ʁɔ.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | dérobe /de.ʁɔb/ |
— | dérobons /de.ʁɔ.bɔ̃/ |
dérobez /de.ʁɔ.be/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “dérober”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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