défaire

Meaning

  1. to take down, take apart, dismantle, unpack (luggage)
  2. to undo, unfasten, unwind
  3. to break, break up, unmake
  4. to defeat, conquer
  5. to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate
  6. to part with

Frequency

C1
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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