affaisser

Meaning

1. (transitive) to cause to subside
2. (reflexive) to subside, go down, sink
3. (reflexive) to cave in, sag, give way, collapse
4. (reflexive) to ebb, weaken

Concepts

sink down

succumb

Synonyms

baisser

tomber

s’affaisser

s’afaisser

Translations

çökmek

hundir

göçmek

yıkılmak

sinken

zurückgehen

absacken

durchhängen

herunterhängen

κατακαθίζω

demitto

plooien

doorzakken

doorhangen

schlaff werden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.fɛ.se/

Etymology

From a- (“to place under”) + faix (“load”) + -er, referring to the fact, under the weight of a load, something might bend and collapse.