écorcher

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French escorchier, inherited from Late Latin excorticāre, from cortex. Compare the borrowing décortiquer and Catalan escorxar. Distantly related to écorcer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kɔʁ.ʃe/ === Verb === écorcher to skin (to remove the skin off) (reflexive) to graze (one's body) (of words) to mispronounce, butcher Synonym: rudoyer ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== écorchure ==== Related terms ==== décortiquer écorchement === Further reading === “écorcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012