attraire

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French atraire, atreire, from Vulgar Latin *attragere, from Latin attrahō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tʁɛʁ/ === Verb === attraire (obsolete) to attract (be attractive) (obsolete, law) to sue ==== Conjugation ==== This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -attray- root: *je attrayis, *que nous attrayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -attrais- was used instead of -attray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects. ==== Derived terms ==== attrayable attrayant === Further reading === “attraire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012