je rôde

prowls, roams

ʁ o d → rôder
rôd prowl; roam + e je present / subjunctive, or tu command form
verb · first singular · present indicative Rare #33,146
prowls, roams Often used for someone or something moving around with no clear purpose, sometimes in a suspicious way.
FR: Un homme rôde autour de la maison.
EN: A man is prowling around the house.
Conjugation of rôder
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First rôde
Third rôde rôdent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First rôde
Third rôde rôdent
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second rôde

Rôde et prend son vol.

It prowls and takes flight.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Le serpent rôde.

The snake is prowling.

— Anaconda (2025)

On rôde vers les bijoux?

Are we lurking near the jewelry?

— Love Actually (2003)

Quelqu'un rôde autour de la maison.

Someone is lurking around the house.

La mort rôde dans ces pages sombres du roman.

Death lurks in these dark pages of the novel.

Il dit qu'il y a quelqu'un de louche qui rôde devant le magasin.

He says there’s someone suspicious lurking outside the store.

— Crime 101 (2026)

C’est autour de la nourriture que la mouche rôde.

It is around food that the fly prowls.

Imam, vous auriez vu un étranger qui rôde autour?

Imam, have you seen a stranger loitering around?

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

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