équarrir

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French

Etymology

From a variant of Old French escarrer, from Vulgar Latin *exquadrō, exquadrāre, from Latin quadrus, quadra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ka.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

équarrir (transitive)

  1. to square off
  2. to quarter (cut an animal into four)

Conjugation

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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