French

réduire

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  1. (transitive) to reduce
  2. (transitive) to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to reduce (someone)
  4. (transitive) to reduce (something)
  5. (transitive) to reduce, set
  6. (transitive) to reduce
  7. (transitive) to capture (a place), to quell (opposition etc.)
  8. (pronominal) to amount to, to come down to

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁe.dɥiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
reduire
Inherited from Old French
reduire
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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