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prendre.

to take

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pʁɑ̃.dʁə/
  1. to take

    transitive
    prends ma main
  2. to eat; to drink

    transitive
    elle prend un café
  3. to get; to buy

    transitive
    Je vais prendre le plat du jour.
  4. to rob; to deprive

    transitive
    prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un
  5. to make

    transitive
    prendre une décision
    prendre des mesures draconiennes
  6. to catch, to work, to start

    intransitive
    le feu ne prend pas
    la sauce ne prend pas
  7. to get (something) caught (in), to jam

    reflexive
    je me suis pris la main dans la porte
    je me suis pris la porte dans la figure
  8. to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess)

    intransitive
    Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ?
    Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ?
  9. to start having a negative feeling towards someone

    transitive
    prendre en aversion
    prendre en grippe
  10. to gain

    prendre de la vitesse
    prendre du galon
  11. to take (a certain amount of time)

    colloquial · impersonal
    Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.
  12. to take (a certain number or amount of)

    broadly · colloquial · impersonal
    Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes.
  13. to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)

    impersonal
    il prend [quelque chose] à [quelqu'un]
    Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French prendre, from Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prēndere, alternative form of prehendere (“to seize”), from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

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