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enterrer.

to bury (put underground); to inter

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe//ɑ̃.te.ʁe//ɑ̃.te.re/Louisiana
  1. to bury (put underground); to inter

  2. to ditch, to bury (a plan, a memory, a legislative proposal, etc.)

  3. to outlive, to survive (someone)

    broadly · familiar · figuratively
  4. to hide

    figuratively
    enterrer son secret
    L’avare enterre ses trésors au lieu d’en jouir.
  5. to enjoy something before it is gone

    familiar · figuratively
    enterrer sa vie de garçon
  6. to seclude oneself, to withdraw from the world to live in a remote location

    figuratively · pronominal
  7. (of a horse) to carry the head very low

    pronominal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French enterrer, from Old French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put into earth”), from Latin terra. Equivalent to en- (“into”) + terre (“earth”) + -er (infinitive marker). Cognate with English inter.

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