décider

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French décider, borrowed from Latin decidere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.si.de/
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Verb

décider

  1. (intransitive) to decide
    J’ai décidé d’aller à Paris pour l’été.
    I decided to go to Paris for the summer.
  2. (transitive) to persuade, convince (someone à faire to do)
  3. (reflexive) to make a decision, to make up one's mind

Usage notes

  • When intransitive, décider is followed by de when preceding an infinitive verb.
  • When transitive or reflexive, décider is followed by à in the same context.

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: decide

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dēcīdō, dēcīdere (cut off, decide), from (down from) + caedō (cut).

Verb

décider (gerund décid'die)

  1. (Jersey) to decide