French

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Etymology

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From dé- +‎ grossir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dégrossir

  1. (transitive) to rough-hew
  2. (transitive) to dress down; tell off

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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