défraîchir

French

Alternative forms

  • défraichir (1990 spelling reform)

Etymology

dé- + fraîche (fresh) + -ir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

défraîchir

  1. (transitive) to wither (destroy the freshness of)

Conjugation

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-.

Derived terms

  • se défraîchir

Further reading

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