désobéir

See also: desobeir

French

Etymology

From dés- +‎ obéir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.zɔ.be.iʁ/
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Verb

désobéir

  1. (intransitive) to disobey (+ à a person)
    • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexandre:
      J'aime bien les gens qui désobéissent…On leur dit “ne viens pas”, ils viennent. On leur dit “partez”, ils restent.
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  2. (intransitive) to disobey (+ à rules or instructions)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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