dépourvoir

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.puʁ.vwaʁ/
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Verb

dépourvoir

  1. to unequip

Usage notes

This verb is almost exclusively used in the past participle form dépourvu.

Conjugation

Pourvoir and its derived verbs conjugate like voir, except that their past historic indicative and imperfect subjunctive are in -vu- instead of -vi-.

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