effondrer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esfondrer, from Vulgar Latin *exfunderare, from fundus (fond). Compare Catalan esfondrar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/
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Verb

effondrer

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to collapse
    • 1936, Henri Mériot, Les Belles Légendes de Saintonge, La Découvrance éditions, page 115:
      Trois jours durant, trois nuits d’horreur, la mer franchit les digues, effondra la falaise, balayant tout dans son irrésistible furie, éventrant les champs saccagés, renversant les chaumières et laissant sur le rivage, lorsqu’elle s’apaisa, un monstre comme seul en peut produire l’Enfer.
      Three days on end, three days of horror, the sea overwhelmed the dykes, tore down the cliff, sweeping everything away in its irresistible fury, gutting the ravaged fields, overturning the cottages, and leaving behind on the shore—once it had calmed itself—a monster like one only Hell could produce.
    • 2019, Angéla Morelli, Embrasse-moi sous la neige:
      Elle sursauta, voulut pivoter dans sa direction, et son coude heurta la fragile pyramide de gâteaux à la broche qui s’effondra dans un bruit sourd.
      She leaped, wanting to pivot in his direction, and her elbow heat the fragile pyramid of spit cakes which collapsed with a thud.

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