French

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Etymology

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From dé- +‎ coudre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.kudʁ/
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Verb

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découdre

  1. (transitive) to unsew, unstitch (remove the stitches from something that is sewn)
  2. (intransitive) to do battle
    Il faut en découdre.
    We must do battle.

Conjugation

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This verb is conjugated like coudre. That means it is conjugated like rendre, except that its stem is découd- in only part of the conjugation. Before endings that begin with vowels, the stem décous- (with a /-z-/ sound) is used instead; for example, nous décousons, not *nous découdons.

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