fuir

Meaning

1. to escape
2. to flee
3. to leak; to have a leak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɥiʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Sentences

Sung-nam, un jeune peintre coréen , doit , pour échapper à une arrestation fuir son pays .

Sung-nam, a young Korean painter, must flee his country to escape arrest.

Ils obligent à fuir et à trouver refuge dans la chefferie d'Okcho.

They forced to flee and find refuge in Okcho's chiefdom.