défaire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Early Medieval Latin disfacere. Synchronically dé- + faire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.fɛʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Verb

défaire

  1. (transitive) to take down, take apart, dismantle, unpack (luggage)
  2. (transitive) to undo, unfasten, unwind
  3. (transitive) to break, break up, unmake
  4. (transitive, literary) to defeat, conquer
  5. (reflexive) to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate
  6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to part with
    se défaire d’une propriététo part with ones property

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