défaire

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French desfaire, from Old French desfaire, from Early Medieval Latin disfacere. Synchronically dé- +‎ faire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.fɛʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛʁ === Verb === défaire (transitive) to take down, take apart, dismantle, unpack (luggage) (transitive) to undo, unfasten, unwind (transitive) to break, break up, unmake (transitive, literary) to defeat, conquer (reflexive) to come undone, fall apart, disintegrate (pronominal) to part with [with de ‘something’] se défaire d'une propriété ― to part with ones property ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== redéfaire défaiseur === Further reading === “défaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === déferai défiera fédérai