French Conversation · Level 122
60 words
French word
arroger
Pronunciation
IPA/aʁoʒe/
Meaning
- verbclaim
Example
Il s'arroge souvent les mérites des autres.
He often takes credit for other people's achievements.
More examples
Le directeur s'arroge des pouvoirs qui ne lui appartiennent pas.
The director arrogates powers to himself that are not his.
Core concept
A person wearing someone else's medal while claiming it as their own.
Common phrases
s'arroger des pouvoirs
arrogate powers to oneself
s'arroger le droit de parole
arrogate the right to speak to oneself
Similar words
prétendre: To claim to possess something or have an ability without evidence.
s'attribuer: To take credit for another person's achievement or claim their qualities as one's own.
Definition in French
S'approprier indûment le mérite, un droit ou un titre qui revient à quelqu'un d'autre.
Word origin
The French verb arroger comes from Latin arrogare, formed from ad- 'to' and rogare 'to ask', with a later sense of claiming something for oneself.
Usage tips
- In current French, the verb most commonly appears in the reflexive form s'arroger, followed by a direct object such as s'arroger un droit.
Other meanings
- take credit forverb
Opposites
- déléguerdelegateverb
Related words
- arrogationself-arrogationnoun