écarter

== French == === Etymology === According to the Trésor de la Langue Française, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *exquartāre, from classical Latin quartus. The Vocabolario Etimologico of Pianigiani gives Vulgar Latin *excarptāre, formed with the supine Latin *excarptum of Latin *excarpāre or Latin excerpō (“choose, select”). At the same time, Pianigiani adds an alternative etymology, though not fully explained, involving a relationship to Irish scar (past participle scartha), itself derived from Old Irish scaraid. Compare Italian scartare and squartare; Spanish and Portuguese descartar; and English discard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kaʁ.te/ === Verb === écarter to separate, move apart to spread, open (fingers, legs etc) to draw (curtains) to dismiss, rule out, turn down to remove a person from a job or position (Louisiana) to lose (reflexive) to withdraw, diverge, deviate (reflexive, Louisiana) to stray ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →⇒ Turkish: ekarte etmek === References === === Further reading === “écarter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “écarter”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “écarter” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. === Anagrams === cratère, recréât, tercera