extraire

to extract, to pull out

verb ek-STREHR Rare

Origin: From Latin extrahere, from ex- (out) + trahere (to draw).

Usage Note

Extraire is an irregular verb conjugated like traire: j'extrais, il extrait, nous extrayons. It is used for extracting minerals, data, or quotes from a text. The related noun is l'extrait (an extract or excerpt), very common in everyday written French.

Examples

"Il faut extraire l'huile des olives."

Natural Translation

You have to extract the oil from the olives.

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