desprendre

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See also: desprendré

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Pronunciation

Verb

desprendre (first-person singular present desprenc, first-person singular preterite desprenguí, past participle desprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to detach, to unfasten
  2. to give off, to emit
  3. to deduce
  4. (pronominal) to come off, fall off
  5. (pronominal) to rid oneself (of), shake (off)
  6. (pronominal) to be deduced from, be inferred from, be implied by

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive desprendre
gerund desprenent
past participle masculine feminine
singular desprès despresa
plural despresos despreses
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present desprenc desprens desprèn desprenem despreneu desprenen
imperfect desprenia desprenies desprenia despreníem despreníeu desprenien
future desprendré desprendràs desprendrà desprendrem desprendreu desprendran
preterite desprenguí desprengueres desprengué desprenguérem desprenguéreu desprengueren
conditional desprendria desprendries desprendria desprendríem desprendríeu desprendrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present desprengui desprenguis desprengui desprenguem desprengueu desprenguin
imperfect desprengués desprenguessis desprengués desprenguéssim desprenguéssiu desprenguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — desprèn desprengui desprenguem despreneu desprenguin
negative (no) — no desprenguis no desprengui no desprenguem no desprengueu no desprenguin

Derived terms

Middle French

Etymology

des- +‎ prendre. Although there is an isolated attestation of despris in 1170, the first usage of the infinitive desprendre is in 1403.

Verb

desprendre

  1. (transitive) to detach (something from someone)
  2. (reflexive, se desprendre) to renounce

Descendants

  • French: déprendre

References

  • Despite having the same etymology, Dictionnaire du Moyen Français splits desprendre into two entries:
  • desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • desprendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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