desprendre
See also: desprendré
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [dəsˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [dəsˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəsˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [dəsˈpɾən.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [desˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [desˈpɾen.dɾe]
Verb edit
desprendre (first-person singular present desprenc, first-person singular preterite desprenguí, past participle desprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to detach, to unfasten
- to give off, to emit
- to deduce
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come off, fall off
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to rid oneself (of), shake (off)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be deduced from, be inferred from, be implied by
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of desprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Derived terms edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
des- + prendre. Although there is an isolated attestation of despris in 1170, the first usage of the infinitive desprendre is in 1403.
Verb edit
desprendre
- (transitive) to detach (something from someone)
- (reflexive, se desprendre) to renounce
Descendants edit
- French: déprendre
References edit
- Despite having the same etymology, Dictionnaire du Moyen Français splits desprendre into two entries:
- desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)