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tondre.

to shear (sheep)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɔ̃dʁ/
  1. to shear (sheep)

    transitive
  2. to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)

    transitive
  3. to clip, cut (hair)

    transitive
  4. to shave (one's head)

    transitive
  5. to smooth, level (a surface)

    transitive
  6. to rob, clean someone out

    informal · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”).

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