railler

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French railler, from Vulgar Latin *raglāre < *ragulāre, from Late Latin ragō (to bray) (whence Old French raire (to shout, said of deer), réer (to shout, said of deer), Romanian rage (to scream, said of people or especially animals); attested once directly in a 10th-century Hermeneumata manuscript, original perhaps c. 4th century). Compare Occitan ralhar, Catalan rallar, Italian ragliare.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁa.je/ ~ /ʁɑ.je/
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Verb

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railler

  1. (transitive) to mock, taunt, jeer at
  2. (intransitive) to jest

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ railler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ragĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 32

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