trancher

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French trenchier. Compare Catalan trencar, Italian trinciare, and Spanish truncar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ === Verb === trancher (transitive) to slice, to cut into slices (transitive, literary) to complete, conclude (transitive, figurative) to decide, to settle, to address (intransitive) to rule, make a ruling, come to a decision (intransitive, derogatory, with de) to behave or comport oneself (as if one were) (intransitive, with avec, sur) to contrast (with), stand out (against) (intransitive, with dans) to stand out (in) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== trancher le nœud gordien ==== Related terms ==== retrancher tranche tranchoir ==== Descendants ==== → German: tranchieren, transchieren→ Russian: транжи́рить (tranžíritʹ) → Portuguese: trinchar ==== See also ==== couper tailler === Further reading === “trancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French trenchier. === Verb === trancher to cut off (remove by cutting) ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: trancher