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masculine

depaʁ

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Translation

departure; start

Word origin

A deverbal noun from partir ('to leave'), which descends from Latin partiri ('to divide, share out'), from pars, partem ('part'). The 'leaving' sense developed in French from the older meaning of separating or going one's separate way; the same Latin root gives English part, partition and depart.

Origin: Latin
Root: partiri
English cognates: part, depart, partition

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldéparts

Examples

Departure is set for eight o'clock in the morning.

Au , ' '.

At the start, I did not agree.

surpris .

His departure surprised everyone.

au .

Everyone cried as the train pulled away.

Au , .

Initially, the project seemed simple to carry out.

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This word is part of lesson 20.