marauder

English

Etymology

maraud +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈɹɔːdə(ɹ)/
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Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

  1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
    a band of marauders
  2. Any person who or thing which marauds.

Translations

French

Etymology

From maraud +‎ -er, from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

marauder

  1. (intransitive) to pilfer
  2. (intransitive) to prowl

Conjugation
Conjugation of marauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marauder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maraudant
/ma.ʁo.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle maraudé
/ma.ʁo.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present maraude
/ma.ʁod/		 maraudes
/ma.ʁod/		 maraude
/ma.ʁod/		 maraudons
/ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/		 maraudez
/ma.ʁo.de/		 maraudent
/ma.ʁod/
imperfect maraudais
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/		 maraudais
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/		 maraudait
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/		 maraudions
/ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/		 maraudiez
/ma.ʁo.dje/		 maraudaient
/ma.ʁo.dɛ/
past historic2 maraudai
/ma.ʁo.de/		 maraudas
/ma.ʁo.da/		 marauda
/ma.ʁo.da/		 maraudâmes
/ma.ʁo.dam/		 maraudâtes
/ma.ʁo.dat/		 maraudèrent
/ma.ʁo.dɛʁ/
future marauderai
/ma.ʁo.dʁe/		 marauderas
/ma.ʁo.dʁa/		 maraudera
/ma.ʁo.dʁa/		 marauderons
/ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/		 marauderez
/ma.ʁo.dʁe/		 marauderont
/ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional marauderais
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/		 marauderais
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/		 marauderait
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/		 marauderions
/ma.ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 marauderiez
/ma.ʁo.də.ʁje/		 marauderaient
/ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/
(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 maraude
/ma.ʁod/		 maraudes
/ma.ʁod/		 maraude
/ma.ʁod/		 maraudions
/ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/		 maraudiez
/ma.ʁo.dje/		 maraudent
/ma.ʁod/
imperfect2 maraudasse
/ma.ʁo.das/		 maraudasses
/ma.ʁo.das/		 maraudât
/ma.ʁo.da/		 maraudassions
/ma.ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/		 maraudassiez
/ma.ʁo.da.sje/		 maraudassent
/ma.ʁo.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maraude
/ma.ʁod/		 — maraudons
/ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/		 maraudez
/ma.ʁo.de/		 —
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).

Descendants
  • → English: maraud
  • → German: marodieren
  • → Spanish: merode

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