desprendre
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See also: desprendré
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [dəsˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [dəsˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəsˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [dəsˈpɾən.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [desˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [desˈpɾen.dɾe]
Verb[edit]
desprendre (first-person singular present desprenc, first-person singular preterite desprenguí, past participle desprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to detach, to unfasten
- to give off, to emit
- to deduce
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come off, fall off
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to rid oneself (of), shake (off)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be deduced from, be inferred from, be implied by
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of desprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Derived terms[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
des- + prendre. Although there is an isolated attestation of despris in 1170, the first usage of the infinitive desprendre is in 1403.
Verb[edit]
desprendre
- (transitive) to detach (something from someone)
- (reflexive, se desprendre) to renounce
Descendants[edit]
- French: déprendre
References[edit]
- Despite having the same etymology, Dictionnaire du Moyen Français splits desprendre into two entries:
- desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)