défaire
Meaning
- (transitive) to take down, take apart, dismantle, unpack (luggage)
- (transitive) to undo, unfasten, unwind
- (transitive) to break, break up, unmake
- (literary, transitive) to defeat, conquer
- (reflexive) to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate
- (pronominal) to part with
Concepts
Synonyms
mettre en déroute
quelqu’un
se désagréger
mettre en désordre
se défaire
détasser
Translations
disfare
losmaken
deshacer
desfazer
lösen
çözmek
desferFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.fɛʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Early Medieval Latin disfacere. Synchronically dé- + faire.
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