décider

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French décider, borrowed from Latin decidere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.si.de/
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Verb

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décider

  1. (intransitive) to decide
    J’ai décidé d’aller à Paris pour l’été.
    I decided to go to Paris for the summer.
  2. (transitive) to persuade, convince (someone à faire to do)
  3. (reflexive) to make a decision, to make up one's mind

Usage notes

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  • When intransitive, décider is followed by de when preceding an infinitive verb.
  • When transitive or reflexive, décider is followed by à in the same context.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: decide

Further reading

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin dēcīdō, dēcīdere (cut off, decide), from (down from) + caedō (cut).

Verb

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décider (gerund décid'die)

  1. (Jersey) to decide