éblouir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French esblouir, from Old French esbleuir (to dazzle), from Vulgar Latin *exblaudō (to dazzle, verb), from ex- + *blaudō (to overwhelm, to make someone weak, verb), from Frankish *blōthijan, *blauthijan (to overcome, make weak), from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaną (to make weak, make void, soften), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (weak, frightened, timid). Cognate with Old High German blōdi (sluggish, feeble, physically weak) ( > German blöde), Old English blēaþ (gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive), Danish blød (soft).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.blu.iʁ/
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Verb

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éblouir

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to dazzle
    • 1894, Émile Zola, Les trois villes: Lourdes[1]:
      Alors, toute une grande clarté monta, éblouit Pierre. Il était la raison, il protestait contre la glorification de l’absurde et la déchéance du sens commun.
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    • 2017 January 30, Lisa Burek, “« Hacker la ville », ou comment se réapproprier l’espace urbain”, in Le Monde[2]:
      Un « bonnet infrarouge » bricolé à l’aide de LED et de deux projecteurs pour éblouir les caméras de surveillance [] Avec cinquante idées [] le livre Hacker Citizen, de Goeffrey Dorne, se présente comme un « guide de survie en milieu urbain ».
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Conjugation

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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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