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nuire.

to harm, to spoil

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/nɥiʁ/
  1. to harm, to spoil

    intransitive
    Fumer nuit à la santé.
    La cigarette nuit au bébé.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French nuire, from Vulgar Latin *nocĕre, from Latin nocēre (whence Old French nuisir).

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