déblayer

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From dé- +‎ blé +‎ -er.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /de.blɛ.je/, /de.ble.je/
  • (file)

VerbEdit

déblayer

  1. to clear, to clear away

ConjugationEdit

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

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