cueillir

Meaning

  1. to gather, pick
  2. to grab, snatch, nab

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kœ.jiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French coillir, formed analogically, with the verbal suffix -ir, from cueil, stressed conjugated form of the original cueudre, cueildre, cueldre, from Latin colligere (“collect”), from con- (“with, together”) + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”). Doublet of colliger.

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