vaincre

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Conjugation 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Derived terms

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vɛ̃kʁ/, SAMPA: /vE~kR/

[edit] Verb

vaincre

1. (intransitive) To win.
2. (transitive) To defeat, vanquish.
   • 1965 November, Carlo François, "Poésie d'André Marissel", in The French Review, American Association of Teachers of French, Volume 39, Number 2, pages 265–274,

     Le jardinier-poète sait parfois qu’il est fécond et que son Arbre est fertile. Ne vainc-t-il pas la mort chaque fois qu’il plante un arbre-poème?

     The gardener-poet knows sometimes that he is fecund and that his Tree is fertile. Does he not defeat death every time he plants a tree-poem?

[edit] Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like rendre, except that its usual stem vainqu- becomes vainc- when either there is no ending, or the ending starts with -u- or a written consonant. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

[edit] Synonyms

• battre
• surmonter

[edit] Derived terms

• convaincre
• vainqueur, vainqueuse