prêcher

  1. (transitive) to preach
  2. (transitive) to advocate moral values, political ideas
  3. (transitive) to lecture someone about what is good or bad

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʁɛ.ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French prëechier, from Latin praedicāre. See cognates in regional languages in France : Norman prêchi, Gallo préchier, Picard prêcher, Bourguignon prôchai, Franco-Provençal prègiér, Occitan presicar or predicar, Corsican predicà.

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