fléchir

Meaning

  1. to bend, to fold
  2. to bend, to bend over
  3. to flex (eg. a muscle)
  4. to provoke pity

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/fle.ʃiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French flechir, from an original flechier (with a change in verb class), from Vulgar Latin *flecticāre, frequentative based on Latin flectere.

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