gercer

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French

Etymology

From Middle French garser (to skin, flay), from Old French garser, jarser (to gash, wound), possibly from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "LL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαράσσειν (kharássein, to cut, incise). Alternatively from Latin *carptiāre, from carpĕre (to pull, pluck).

Cognate with Galician sarxar and Spanish sajar, both from Old French.

Pronunciation

Verb

gercer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to chap, become chapped

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Derived terms

Further reading