rasper

English

Etymology

From rasp +‎ -er.

Noun

rasper (plural raspers)

1. A person who, or thing that, rasps or scrapes.
2. One who speaks with a rasping voice.
3. (slang) A fence that is challenging for a horse to jump over.
   • 1833, The Sportsman's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine:

     When a horse becomes blown, on approaching a fence, you should pause for a second, and turn him round: it will greatly relieve him, and you stand a much better chance of getting over: and indeed, it is generally preferable to turn the horse round at a rasper, or large jump.

Anagrams

• Rapers, parers, parser, rapers, sparer, sparre

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rasper

1. present of raspe

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *raspāre, from Frankish *hraspōn.

Verb

rasper

1. to grate, scratch

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sps, *-spt are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rasper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rasper			avoir raspé
gerund		en raspant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		raspant
past participle		raspé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rasp	raspes	raspe	raspons	raspez	raspent
	imperfect	raspoie, raspeie, raspoe, raspeve	raspoies, raspeies, raspoes, raspeves	raspoit, raspeit, raspot, raspeve	raspiiens, raspiens	raspiiez, raspiez	raspoient, raspeient, raspoent, raspevent
	preterite	raspai	raspas	raspa	raspames	raspastes	rasperent
	future	rasperai	rasperas	raspera	rasperons	rasperoiz, raspereiz, rasperez	rasperont
	conditional	rasperoie, raspereie	rasperoies, raspereies	rasperoit, raspereit	rasperiiens, rasperiens	rasperiiez, rasperiez	rasperoient, raspereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	rasp	ras	rast	raspons	raspez	raspent
	imperfect	raspasse	raspasses	raspast	raspissons, raspissiens	raspissoiz, raspissez, raspissiez	raspassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	raspe	—	raspons	raspez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: râper, rasper
  • French: râper
• Lorrain: rèper
• Mayennais: rapir
• Picard: râpeu (Athois)
• Walloon: rapè (Forrières)
• → Middle English: raspen
  • English: rasp