écorcer

French

Etymology

From Old French escorcier, a derivative of écorce (bark) + -er. Unrelated to écorcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kɔʁ.se/

Verb

écorcer

  1. to strip the bark from a tree

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Derived terms

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