délayer

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French

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.lɛ.je/ ~ /de.le.je/
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Verb

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délayer

  1. (transitive) to add water to
    1. to thin (paint)
    2. to water down (another liquid)
  2. to pad out (e.g. a speech)

Conjugation

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This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Derived terms

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Further reading

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