frapper

Meaning

to hit, to strike, to bash
to knock (e.g. on a door)
to bang (to get attention)
to beat time (as a conductor)
to strike (a chord)
to strike down
to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
to strike
to shake

strike against

strike hard

hit lightly

hit hard

nail on

chance on

light upon

hit and attack

hit repeatedly

knock at a door

beat a drum

collide with

donner un coup

étamper

frapper contre

frapper doucement

rentrer dans

se battre

donner une claque

donner une tape

battre fort

donner une fessée

en biais

entrer en collision avec

frapper fort

jouer du tambour

enfoncer un clou dans

mettre une volée

mettre à terre

assener un coup

battre à coups de fouet

varger

dactylographier

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁa.pe/

Inherited from Middle French frapper, from Old French fraper, frapper (“to deliver a blow to someone, hit, strike”), from Frankish *hrapōn (“to snatch, scuffle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrapjaną (“to touch, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krep-, *(s)kreb- (“to scratch, engrave”). Cognate with Old High German hraffōn (“to take over, seize”) (whence German raffen (“to gather up, heap”)), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”), Old Norse hrappa (“to handle roughly”), North Frisian rippe (“to move, stir”). For the Romance substitution of [fr] for Germanic [xr] compare also freux, froc, frimas, etc.

Cognate with German

raffen

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