anéantir

French

Etymology

From a- + néant + -ir. Compare annihiler, a parallel formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ne.ɑ̃.tiʁ/
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Verb

anéantir

  1. (transitive) to wipe out, to destroy, to shatter
    Synonyms: réduire à néant, annihiler
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to hit someone for six

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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