découdre

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ coudre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.kudʁ/
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Verb

découdre

  1. (transitive) to unsew, unstitch (remove the stitches from something that is sewn)
  2. (intransitive) to do battle
    Il faut en découdre.
    We must do battle.

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like coudre. That means it is conjugated like rendre, except that its stem is découd- in only part of the conjugation. Before endings that begin with vowels, the stem décous- (with a /-z-/ sound) is used instead; for example, nous décousons, not *nous découdons.

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