envahir

French

Etymology

From Old French envaïr, from Vulgar Latin *invādīre, from Latin invādere, present active infinitive of invādō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.va.iʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

envahir

  1. to invade
    Les forces américaines ont envahi le territoire iraquien.
    The American Forces have invaded the Iraqi territory
  2. to stretch, to overgrow, to fill

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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Middle French

Etymology

Old French envaïr

Verb

envahir

  1. to invade
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