déserter

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin dēsertāre, from Latin dēsertus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.zɛʁ.te/
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Verb

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déserter

  1. (transitive) to desert (a place), abandon
    • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter IX, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 91; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:
      Villegaignon fonde, sur une île en pleine baie, le Fort-Coligny; les Indiens le construisent, ils ravitaillent la petite colonie; mais vite dégoûtés de donner sans recevoir, ils se sauvent, désertent leurs villages.
      — Villegaignon founded Fort Coligny on an island right in the centre of the bay; Indians built it and kept the small colony provided with food; but they soon wearied of giving without receiving anything in return, and fled, abandoning their villages.
  2. (intransitive, military) to desert

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