ensevelir

French

Etymology

Old French, from sevelir, from Classical Latin sepelire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sə.və.liʁ/, /ɑ̃.səv.liʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

ensevelir

  1. (transitive) to bury
  2. (transitive) to cover with earth
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to bury (hide something)
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bury oneself, hide away

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-.

Further reading


Old French

Verb

ensevelir

  1. to bury; to inter; to inhume
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