rapporter

Danish

Noun

rapporter

  1. indefinite plural of rapport

Verb

rapporter

  1. imperativ of rapportere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rapporter (attested since the mid-twelfth century). By surface analysis, re- +‎ apporter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/
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Verb

rapporter (transitive)

  1. to bring back (physically bring something back from where it came from)
    Rapportez-moi quelque chose de vos voyages.
    Bring me back something from your travels.
  2. to retrieve
    rapporter le gibier
    to retrieve game
  3. to fetch
    Vas-y, Rex ! Rapporte !
    Go fetch, Rex.
  4. to take back (physically take something back to where it was)
    Rapporte-le à la maison.
    Take it back home.
  5. to take on (assume responsibility of)
    rapporter un projet
    to take on a project
  6. to report, to tell about (give a report of something experienced)
    Le Monde rapporte que […]
    Le Monde reports that […]
    Il m’a rapporté son succès.
    He told me about his success.
  7. to report (to tell an authority about a mishappening)
  8. to bring in, to yield
  9. to bring back (remind about the past)
    Cette image rapporte tant de souvenirs.
    This picture brings back so many memories.
  10. to earn (a point)
    Ce coup te rapporte un point.
    This play earns you one point.

Conjugation
Conjugation of rapporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rapporter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rapportant
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rapporté
/ʁa.pɔʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rapporte
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapportes
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapporte
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapportons
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 rapportez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.te/		 rapportent
/ʁa.pɔʁt/
imperfect rapportais
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 rapportais
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 rapportait
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 rapportions
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 rapportiez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tje/		 rapportaient
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 rapportai
/ʁa.pɔʁ.te/		 rapportas
/ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/		 rapporta
/ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/		 rapportâmes
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tam/		 rapportâtes
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tat/		 rapportèrent
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
future rapporterai
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 rapporteras
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 rapportera
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 rapporterons
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 rapporterez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 rapporteront
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rapporterais
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 rapporterais
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 rapporterait
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 rapporterions
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rapporteriez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/		 rapporteraient
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(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 rapporte
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapportes
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapporte
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 rapportions
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 rapportiez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tje/		 rapportent
/ʁa.pɔʁt/
imperfect2 rapportasse
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/		 rapportasses
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/		 rapportât
/ʁa.pɔʁ.ta/		 rapportassions
/ʁa.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 rapportassiez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.ta.sje/		 rapportassent
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rapporte
/ʁa.pɔʁt/		 — rapportons
/ʁa.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 rapportez
/ʁa.pɔʁ.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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rapporter m

  1. indefinite plural of rapport

Verb

rapporter

  1. imperative of rapportere

Swedish

Noun

rapporter

  1. indefinite plural of rapport
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