Meaning
- (transitive) to reduce
- (transitive) to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures, etc.)
- (transitive) to reduce (someone)
- (transitive) to reduce (something)
- (transitive) to reduce, set
- (transitive) to reduce
- (transitive) to capture (a place), to quell (opposition etc.)
- (pronominal) to amount to, to come down to
Concepts
make smaller
abbreviate
Synonyms
s’amoindrir
se raidir
faire briller
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁe.dɥiʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French reduire, from Old French reduire, an alteration or Gallicization of Latin redūcere (“reduce”), after conduire.
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