See also: degat and degāt

French

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Etymology

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Deverbative from Old French deguaster, inherited from Latin dēvastāre (which was borrowed as dévaster). See also gâter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dégât m (plural dégâts)

  1. damage
    • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde[1]:
      Mais ces jugements, rendus longtemps après l’infraction, ne règlent pas la question des dégâts causés en temps réel par les messages haineux sur la Toile.
      But these judgments, handed down long after the offense, do not solve the problem of the damage caused in real time by hate messages on the Web.

Usage notes

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In French, the plural is often used where in English the singular would be preferred.

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