érailler
French, verb/e.ʁa.je/
érailler is spelled É-R-A-I-L-L-E-R (8 letters). Érailler is a French verb meaning “to scratch, tear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déformer un tissu en relâchant les fils”.
What does érailler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scratch, tear
- 2
to make (the voice) hoarse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Déformer un tissu en relâchant les fils. 2. Par extension, déformer une maçonnerie. 3. Gratter, racler la surface d’un objet, d’une matière. 4. Devenir rauque, en parlant de la voix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of érailler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- éraillant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- éraillé participle past
- éraille first-person indicative present
- érailles indicative present second-person
- éraillons first-person indicative plural
- éraillez indicative plural present
- éraillent indicative plural present
- éraillais first-person imperfect indicative
- éraillait imperfect indicative singular
- éraillions first-person imperfect indicative
- érailliez imperfect indicative plural
- éraillaient imperfect indicative plural
- éraillai first-person historic indicative
- éraillas historic indicative past
- érailla historic indicative past
- éraillâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce érailler?
- /e.ʁa.je/
- /e.ʁɑ.je/
- \e.ʁɑ.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.