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déchoir

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See also: de chóir

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French decheoir, from Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, from Latin dēcidere. Related to English decay.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.ʃwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ
  • Hyphenation: dé‧choir

Verb

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déchoir (literary)

  1. to wane (diminish)
  2. to strip
    déchoir un homme de son titreto strip a man of his title

Conjugation

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  • The indicative imperfect (déchoyais, déchoyait, déchoyions, déchoyiez, déchoyaient) and the present participle (déchoyant or déchéant) and the imperative (déchois, déchoyons, déchoyez) are also sometimes used. This verb is defective in that it is not conjugated in certain tenses. It has no indicative imperfect form, no imperative form and no present participle.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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