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délayer.

to add water to

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/de.lɛ.je//de.le.je/
  1. to add water to to thin (paint)

    transitive
  2. to add water to to water down (another liquid)

    transitive
  3. to pad out (e.g. a speech)

  4. to delay

    informal
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.