appauvrir

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French empoverir (with change of prefix), from em- + povre (modern pauvre), from Latin pauper (poor).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.po.vʁiʁ/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

appauvrir

  1. (transitive) to impoverish

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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