déménager

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ ménage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.me.na.ʒe/
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Verb

déménager

  1. (transitive) to move (an object from a place to another)
  2. (intransitive) to move house, to leave a house
    Notre décision de déménager au Canada est due à plusieurs raisons.
    We decided to move to Canada for a number of reasons.
  3. (intransitive, slang) to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule (to be awesome)
    Synonyms: déchirer, envoyer du pâté, casser la baraque
    Ça déménage!That's awesome!

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written déménage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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