trahir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French trahir < Old French traïr, itself from Latin trādō 'betray'.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁa.iʁ/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧hir
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Verb

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trahir

  1. to betray
    Ils ne doivent pas trahir la confiance que nous avons placée en eux en commettant des actes de violence aveugle.
    They mustn't betray the trust we've placed in them by committing indiscriminate acts of violence.
  2. to give away, to reveal
    Son regard trahissait sa réprobation.
    His expression gave away his disapproval.

Conjugation

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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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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Verb

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trahir

  1. Obsolete spelling of trair.

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.