gercer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French garser (to skin, flay), from Old French garser, jarser (to gash, wound), possibly from Late Latin caraxāre, charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαράσσειν (kharássein, to cut, incise). Alternatively from Latin *carptiāre, from carpĕre (to pull, pluck).

Cognate with Galician sarxar and Spanish sajar, both from Old French.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.se/
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Verb

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gercer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to chap, become chapped

Conjugation

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This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

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