extraire

French

Etymology

Changed, based on the Latin root, from the original Old French estraire, from Vulgar Latin *extragere, from Latin extrahere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.stʁɛʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

extraire

  1. extract (to draw out)
  2. mine

Conjugation

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -extray- root: *je extrayis, *que nous extrayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -extrais- was used instead of -extray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

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