tondre

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre. Cognate with French tondre.

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tondre (first-person singular present tonc, first-person singular preterite tonguí, past participle tos); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

  1. to crop
  2. to shear

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb

tondre

  1. (transitive) to shear (sheep)
  2. (transitive) to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)
  3. (transitive) to clip, cut (hair)
  4. (transitive) to shave (one's head)
  5. (transitive) to smooth, level (a surface)
  6. (informal, transitive) to rob, clean someone out

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse tundr.

Noun

tondre m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) tinder

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre.

Verb

tondre

  1. to shave (remove hair by cutting)

Descendants

  • Occitan: tondre, tónder

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