épouvanter

Betekenis (Engels)

to terrify, horrify

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/e.pu.vɑ̃.te/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old French espoenter, from Vulgar Latin *expaventāre, derived from the present participle of Classical Latin expaveō. Compare Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese espantar, Italian spaventare, also Romanian înspăimânta.

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