rôder

to prowl, to lurk around

ʁ o . d e
rôd to prowl, to lurk around + er Infinitive
verb Rare #46,145
to prowl, to lurk around Often suggests moving around somewhere suspiciously or without a clear purpose.
FR: Il aime rôder dans le quartier.
EN: He likes to prowl around the neighborhood.
Conjugation of rôder
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First rôde —
Third rôde rôdent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First rôde —
Third rôde rôdent
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second rôde —
rôder

Arrête de rôder par ici.

Stop hanging around here.

M. Milan ne veut plus vous voir rôder par ici.

Mr. Milan doesn’t want to see you lurking around here anymore.

— The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)

Arrêtez de rôder dans cette maison !

Stop loitering in this house!

— Le Patient anglais (1996)

Deux personnes l'avaient vu rôder autour de la ferme dans la nuit du crime.

Two people had seen him lurking around the farm on the night of the crime.

Finkle devait rôder par ici.

Finkle must have been lurking around here.

— Ace Ventura, détective chiens et chats (1994)

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