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sevrer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French sevrer, inherited from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, apophonic form of Latin sēparāre. Doublet of séparer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sə.vʁe/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Verb

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sevrer

  1. to wean
    Sevrer son tout-petit, c’est grandir et devenir mère dans la réalité quotidienne.[1]
    To wean your little one is to grow up and become a mother in everyday life.

Conjugation

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This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il sèvre and the third-person singular future indicative il sèvrera.

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Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, apophonic form of Latin sēparāre.

Verb

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sevrer

  1. to separate
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 144, line 1632:
      que sun cors puise de mei sevrer
      that his body may be able to separate from me
  2. to sever (to separate by cutting)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. This verb has a stressed present stem soivr distinct from the unstressed stem sevr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants

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  • English: sever
  • French: sevrer