éployer

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French esployer (16th c.). By surface analysis, é- +‎ ployer, respectively from Latin ex and plicāre. Hence a doublet of expliquer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.plwa.je/ === Verb === éployer (literary) to spread (out), unfurl ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'. === Further reading === “éployer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012