effondrer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French esfondrer, from Vulgar Latin *exfunderare, from fundus (“fond”). Compare Catalan esfondrar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/ === Verb === effondrer (transitive or reflexive) to collapse [from the 12th c.] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== effondrement === Further reading === “effondrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012