rapporter, v.n., to fetch and bring (of the dog); to bring in, to produce; to tell tales; to pay well, to be profitable.
rapporteur, n.m., reporter, stenographer; (geom.) protractor. — d’un comité; committee reporter.
rapporteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., tell-tale, tale-bearer.
rapprendre, v.a., to learn again, to learn anew.
rapprivoiser, v.a., to tame again.
rapprochement (-prosh-mān), n.m., drawing, placing near, bringing together; junction; reconcilement, reconciliation; putting together, comparing; comparison.
rapprocher, v.a., to draw near again, to approach again; to bring together; to set in opposition, to compare; to bring nearer. — deux personnes; to bring two persons together, to reconcile two persons. Rapprochez ces deux planches; bring these two planks closer. — un cerf; to put hounds on the track of a stag.
se rapprocher, v.r., to come near again; to come, to draw, nearer; to be brought together; to approach, to approximate, to resemble, to begin to be friends again, to become reconciled.
rapsode, n.m., (Grec. antiq.) rhapsodist.
rapsodie, n.f., rhapsody; rambling composition.