décoller

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See also: decoller

French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ coller.

Pronunciation

Verb

décoller

  1. (intransitive) to take off (i.e. a plane)
  2. (transitive) unstick
    Cela m’a pris beaucoup de temps de décoller toutes les affiches.
    It took me a long time to unstick all the posters.
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to come undone, come unstuck

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Brazilian Portuguese: decolar
  • Italian: decollare
  • Portuguese: descolar (calque)

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