"couper" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /ku.pe/ Audio: Fr-couper.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French coper, colper (“to cut off”), probably, derived from cop (“blow”), colp (modern coup), with its meaning coming from the idea of cutting off with a blow. It may correspond to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”), although this is unlikely. Not related to couteau. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|coper|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French coper, {{inh+|fr|fro|coper}} Inherited from Old French coper, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{inh|fr|la|colaphus}} Latin colaphus, {{cog|osp|golpar}} Old Spanish golpar, {{cog|roa-opt|golpar}} Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, {{der|fr|VL.|*cuppāre||to behead}} Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), {{der|fr|la|caput||head}} Latin caput (“head”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} couper Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], couper [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], coupant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], coupé [participle, past], coupe [first-person, indicative, present, singular], coupes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], coupe [indicative, present, singular, third-person], coupons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], coupez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], coupent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], coupais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], coupais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], coupait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], coupions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], coupiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], coupaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], coupai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], coupas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], coupa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], coupâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], coupâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], coupèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], couperai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], couperas [future, indicative, second-person, singular], coupera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], couperons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], couperez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], couperont [future, indicative, plural, third-person], couperais [conditional, first-person, singular], couperais [conditional, second-person, singular], couperait [conditional, singular, third-person], couperions [conditional, first-person, plural], couperiez [conditional, plural, second-person], couperaient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], coupe [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], coupes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], coupe [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], coupions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], coupiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], coupent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], coupasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], coupasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], coupât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], coupassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], coupassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], coupassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], coupe [imperative, second-person, singular], coupons [first-person, imperative, plural], coupez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-4iVD8gFL
  2. to cut, to clip, to trim
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-eoOFtvVb
  3. to cut off, to keep out, to bar
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-z72lZ4bX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 6 11 6 17 6
  4. to take away
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-BeVpFyoZ Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Violence Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 6 11 6 17 6 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 8 8 18 22 8 9 8 13 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 7 7 19 25 7 9 7 10 7
  5. to stop, prevent
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-IEK7~P-h
  6. to dilute, mix
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-nf9mP7Td Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 6 11 6 17 6
  7. to traverse
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-kW7n8TqU
  8. (intransitive, idiomatic) to take a shortcut through something, to cut through Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-HtZ3BZuL Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 18 22 6 11 6 17 6
  9. (reflexive, of leather) to crack Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-couper-fr-verb-79igwW7M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à couper au couteau, à couper le souffle, à-coup, contre-coupe, contrecoup, cou-coupé, coup-de-poing, coupe-air, coupe-ballot, coupe-batterie, coupe-bourgeon, coupe-bourse, coupe-cercle, coupe-choux, coupe-cigares, coupe-circuit, coupe-collets, coupe-cors, coupe-coupe, coupe-faim, coupe-feu, coupe-file, coupe-filet, coupe-foin, coupe-gaz, coupe-gazon, coupe-gorge, coupe-jambon, coupe-jarret, coupe-légumes, coupé-lit, coupe-mottes, coupe-ongles, coupe-paille, coupe-papier, coupe-passepoil, coupe-pâte, coupe-queue, coupe-racines, coupe-sève, coupe-sucre, coupe-tête, coupe-tige, coupe-tube, coupe-vent, couper à travers champs, couper court, couper la parole, couper la poire en deux, couper le cordon, couper les cheveux en quatre, couper les ponts, couper l’herbe sous le pied, demi-coup, mettre sa main à couper, ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre, se couper en quatre Related terms: coup, beaucoup, contrecoup, coupable, coupablement, coupage, coupailler, coupeau, coupeillon, coupement, couper dans le vif, couperet, couperie, couperose, couperoser, couperu, coupeur, coupil, coupille, coupis, coupoir, coupon, coupure, découpage, découper, découpeur, découpoir, découpure, entrecoupage, entrecoupement, entrecouper, entrecoupeuse, oxycoupage, recoupage, recoupement, recouper, recoupette, recoupon, recouponnement, recouponner, surcouper, tailler

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à couper au couteau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à couper le souffle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à-coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "contre-coupe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "contrecoup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cou-coupé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coup-de-poing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-air"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-ballot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-batterie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-bourgeon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-bourse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-cercle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-choux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-cigares"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-circuit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-collets"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-cors"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-coupe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-faim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-file"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-filet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-foin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-gaz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-gazon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-gorge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-jambon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-jarret"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-légumes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupé-lit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-mottes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-ongles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-paille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-papier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-passepoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-pâte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-queue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-racines"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-sève"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-sucre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-tige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-tube"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coupe-vent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper à travers champs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper court"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper la parole"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper la poire en deux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper le cordon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper les cheveux en quatre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper les ponts"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "couper l’herbe sous le pied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "demi-coup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mettre sa main à couper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se couper en quatre"
    }
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      },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French coper",
      "name": "inh"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish golpar",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "roa-opt",
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      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese golpar",
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        "4": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French coper, colper (“to cut off”), probably, derived from cop (“blow”), colp (modern coup), with its meaning coming from the idea of cutting off with a blow. It may correspond to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre, syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus (compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”), although this is unlikely. Not related to couteau.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "couper",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupant",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "coupé",
      "ipa": "/ku.pe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupe",
      "ipa": "/kup/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "coupes",
      "ipa": "/kup/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupe",
      "ipa": "/kup/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupons",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupez",
      "ipa": "/ku.pe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupent",
      "ipa": "/kup/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupais",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupais",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupait",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupions",
      "ipa": "/ku.pjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupiez",
      "ipa": "/ku.pje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupaient",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupai",
      "ipa": "/ku.pe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupas",
      "ipa": "/ku.pa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupa",
      "ipa": "/ku.pa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupâmes",
      "ipa": "/ku.pam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupâtes",
      "ipa": "/ku.pat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupèrent",
      "ipa": "/ku.pɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperai",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperas",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupera",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperons",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperez",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperont",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperais",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "couperais",
      "ipa": "/ku.pʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
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      "word": "recouper"
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      "word": "recoupette"
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      "word": "recoupon"
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      "word": "recouponner"
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      ]
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          "english": "to mix whisky with Coke",
          "text": "couper du whisky avec du coca",
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          "english": "The industry is diluting milk with water to make more money.",
          "text": "L’industrie coupe le lait avec de l’eau pour se faire plus d’argent.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dilute, mix"
      ],
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        "French terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "The Garonne river flows through most of southern France.",
          "text": "Le fleuve de la Garonne coupe une grande partie du sud de la France",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to traverse"
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          "english": "to cut through fields",
          "text": "couper à travers champs",
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      ],
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        "to take a shortcut through something, to cut through"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to take a shortcut through something, to cut through"
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        "to crack"
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        "(reflexive, of leather) to crack"
      ],
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        "of leather"
      ],
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        "reflexive"
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  ],
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}

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