sécher

Meaning

  1. (ergative) to dry
  2. (informal) to play truant
  3. (informal, intransitive) to dry up, to run out of things to say
  4. to fail

Opposite of
mouiller
Synonyms

faire sécher

se dessécher

devenir sec

se sécher

rendre sec

faire l’école buissonnière

être sec

déhydrater

desséscher

frotter avec une serviette

sécher l’école

se déssecher

sécher les cours

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/se.ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French secher, sechier, from Latin siccāre. By surface analysis, sec + -er.

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