envoyer

  1. to send
  2. (reflexive) to gulp down with relish

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ̃.vwa.je/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French enveier, from Late Latin inviāre, from Latin via (“road, path”). Compare Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, and Catalan enviar, Italian inviare. The irregularity on future and conditional stem were influenced by that of voir.

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