frapper
/fʁape/
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Translation
to hit, to strike, to knock
Word origin
From Old French fraper ('to strike, to knock'), of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of the sound of a blow or from a Frankish source. English borrowed the related 'frappe' from the past participle frappé ('chilled, iced').
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- fraper
- English cognates
- frappe
Grammar
Verb type-er regular (1st group)
Examples
' .
Someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night.
boxeur adversaire .
The boxer struck his opponent in the face.
' tonnerre.
This news hit me like a bolt of lightning.
punir.
You should never hit a child to punish them.
tempête violence .
The storm struck the coast with terrible force.
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