The French for rub is the verb frotter

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French for rub is the regular ER verb frotter, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb frotter - French for rub

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of frotter, which is French for rub.

• I rub.
• you rubbed.
• he will rub.
• we would rub.
• they may rub.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for frotter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE frotter
Simple Tenses frotter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent rub	frotte	frottes	frotte	frottons	frottez	frottent
Past Imperfect Imparfait rubbed	frottais	frottais	frottait	frottions	frottiez	frottaient
Simple Past Passé Simple rubbed	frottai	frottas	frotta	frottâmes	frottâtes	frottèrent
Future Futur will rub	frotterai	frotteras	frottera	frotterons	frotterez	frotteront
Conditional Conditionnel would rub	frotterais	frotterais	frotterait	frotterions	frotteriez	frotteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may rub	frotte	frottes	frotte	frottions	frottiez	frottent
Compound Tenses frotter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have rubbed	ai frotté	as frotté	a frotté	avons frotté	avez frotté	ont frotté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had rubbed	avais frotté	avais frotté	avait frotté	avions frotté	aviez frotté	avaient frotté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai frotté	auras frotté	aura frotté	aurons frotté	aurez frotté	auront frotté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have rubbed	aurais frotté	aurais frotté	aurait frotté	aurions frotté	auriez frotté	auraient frotté
Imperative Imperatif rub!		frotte		frottons	frottez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of frotter the French for rub
présent de l’indicatif

je frotte
- I rub
tu frottes
- you rub - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frotte
- he, she, it, one rubs
nous frottons
- we rub
vous frottez
- you rub (formal or plural)
ils, elles frottent
- they rub

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
imparfait de l’indicatif

je frottais
- I rubbed
- I was rubbing
tu frottais
- you rubbed- (familiar or informal)
- you were rubbing
il, elle, on frottait
- he, she, it, one rubbed
- he, she, it, one was rubbing
nous frottions
- we rubbed
- we were rubbing
vous frottiez
- you rubbed- (formal or plural)
- you were rubbing
ils, elles frottaient
- they rubbed
- they were rubbing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
passé simple

je frottai
- I rubbed
tu frottas
- you rubbed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frotta
- he, she, it, one rubbed
nous frottâmes
- we rubbed
vous frottâtes
- you rubbed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles frottèrent
they rubbed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
futur

je frotterai
- I will rub
tu frotteras
- you will rub (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frottera
- he, she, it, one will rub
nous frotterons
- we will rub
vous frotterez
- you will rub (formal or plural)
ils, elles frotteront
- they will rub

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Conditional Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
conditionnel

je frotterais
- I would rub
tu frotterais
- you would rub (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frotterait
- he, she, it, one would rub
nous frotterions
- we would rub
vous frotteriez
- you would rub (formal or plural)
ils, elles frotteraient
- they would rub

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
présent de subjonctif

que je frotte
- that I may rub
que tu frottes
- that you may rub(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on frotte
- that he, she, it, one may rub
que nous frottions
- that we may rub
que vous frottiez
- that you may rub(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles frottent
- that they may rub

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb frotter - the verb ‘to rub’ in French

Past Participle of frotter is:
frotté -rubbed.

The various tenses of the French verb - to have - avoirecause the past participle is used with , to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have rubbed
• you had rubbed
• he will have rubbed
• we would have rubbed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of frotter - French for rub
passé composé

Here’s the French for rub conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai frotté
- I have rubbed or I did rub or
- I rubbed
tu as frotté
- you have rubbed or you did rub - (familiar or informal) or
- you rubbed
il, elle, on a frotté
- he, she, it, one has rub or did rub
- he, she, it rubbed
nous avons frotté
- we have rubbed or we did rub
- we rubbed
vous avez frotté
- you have rubbed or you did rub (formal or plural) or
- or we rubbed
ils, elles ont frotté
- they have rubbed or they did rub
- they rubbed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of frotter - rub in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -rub conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais frotté
- I had rubbed
tu avais frotté
- you had rubbed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait frotté
- he, she, it, one had rubbed
nous avions frotté
- we had rubbed
vous aviez frotté
- you had rubbed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient frotté
- they had rubbed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
futur antérieur

j’aurai frotté
- I will have
tu auras frotté
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura frotté
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons frotté
- we will have
vous aurez frotté
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront frotté
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
conditionnel passé

j’aurais frotté
- I would have rubbed
tu aurais frotté
- you would have rubbed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait frotté
- he, she, it, one would have rubbed
nous aurions frotté
- we would have rubbed
vous auriez frotté
- you would have rubbed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient frotté
- they would have rubbed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of frotter, the French for rub
impératif

frotte
- rub!
frottons
- let’s rub!
frottez
- rub!

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Present Participle of frotter

frottant - rubbing

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