dégât

See also: degat and degāt

French

Etymology

Deverbative from Old French deguaster, inherited from Latin dēvastāre (which was borrowed as dévaster). See also gâter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ɡa/ ~ /de.ɡɑ/, /de.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Homophone: dégâts

Noun

dégât m (plural dégâts)

1. damage

Derived terms

• bonjour les dégâts

Further reading

• “dégât”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.