frotter.
to rub, chafe
Meaning & usage
to rub, chafe
to scrub, scour
to scrape
to stone
to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side
Ne te frotte pas à elle! Elle a beaucoup d'ennuis.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French frotter, from Old French froter (“to stroke, wipe, rub”), of uncertain origin. Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre, frequentative of fricāre through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).
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