rasp

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use a rasp.
2. (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
3. To say in a raspy voice.
4. (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
5. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Concepts

râpe

râper

gargouillis

grincer

râler

limer

lime

scie

se racler la gorge

raboter

Synonymes

file

grater

grate

scrape

wood file

rasp file

rub

rasping

croak

abrade

eraser

filch

graze

gurgle

rubber

scraper

grating sound

groan

annoying

jaw

rake

rasper

creak

rattle

rhonchus

cough

wood rasp

saw

🪚

scour

claw

rasp-cut file

scratch

sneeze

squeak

t

tool

ululate

wash

🧽

wheeze

cut file

rasping sound

brush

rasping file

file something smooth

grader

float

croaking

coarse file

grind

Traductions

Raspel

raspa

raspeln

raspen

raspare

limare

rallar

raspar

escofina

limar

ράσπα

scuffina

grosa

feilen

γδέρνω

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹæsp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: raspen

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: raspōn

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ġehrespan

In summary

From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”).
The noun is from Middle French raspe.