suffer

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈsʌfə/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

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