puiser

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French

Etymology

From puits (a well), from Old French puis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɥi.ze/
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Verb

puiser

  1. (also figurative) to draw (for example, water from a well), to tap into
    • 2017 August 29, David Larousserie, Damien Leloup, “Quel est le meilleur service de traduction en ligne ?”, in Le Monde:
      DeepL s’inspire de ce principe mais n’en communique pas pour l’instant les détails. Une chose est sûre, il a puisé dans sa formidable base de données – issue du site de traduction Linguee – pour s’entraîner et apprendre.
      DeepL is inspired by this principle but currently refuses to communicate the details. One thing is sure, it tapped into its enormous information base from the translation site Linguee in order to learn and train itself.

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