décrire

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French

Etymology

From Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībere, present active infinitive of dēscrībō (describe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.kʁiʁ/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Verb

décrire

  1. to describe
    • 2003, Adeline Rucquoi, Saint Jacques et la France: actes du colloque des 18 et 19 janvier 2001 à la fondation Singer-Polignac [Saint James and France: Proceedings of the Symposium of the 18th and 19th of January at the Singer-Polignac Foundation], Editions du CERF, →ISBN, page 388:
      Le même exemplum y est placé juste après celui décrivant le châtiment tout aussi exemplaire des danseurs en cheval-jupon.
      The same exemplum there is placed just after that describing the equally exemplary punishment of dancers in the hobby horse.

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