démembrer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French desmembrer. Morphologically, from dé- +‎ membre (“limb”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.mɑ̃.bʁe/ === Verb === démembrer (transitive) to dismember Near-synonym: écarteler (figuratively) to diminish; to make smaller ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== démembrement === Further reading === “démembrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012