tondre

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to shear (sheep)
  2. (transitive) to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)
  3. (transitive) to clip, cut (hair)
  4. (transitive) to shave (one's head)
  5. (transitive) to smooth, level (a surface)
  6. (informal, transitive) to rob, clean someone out

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɔ̃dʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”).

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