What does fendre in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word fendre in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fendre in French.
The word fendre in French means split, chop, cleave, crack, split, crack, be split, split, shell out for, lunge, rip through the air, melt the heart, melt your heart, run like lightning, break 's heart, be freezing cold, split your sides laughing, split your sides laughing. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word fendre
split, chop, cleaveverbe transitif (couper en longueur) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le bûcheron fend les morceaux de bois pour les vendre. The woodcutter splits the pieces of wood to sell them. |
crack, splitverbe transitif (entailler) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le froid a fendu sa lèvre. The cold has cracked his lip. |
crackverbe pronominal (présenter une fissure) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Le mur est en train de se fendre. The wall is cracking. |
be splitverbe pronominal (présenter une blessure) Sa lèvre se fendit. His lip is split. |
splitverbe pronominal (entailler) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") L'enfant s'est fendu la lèvre en tombant. The child fell and cracked his skull. |
shell out for(familier (se décider à donner) (informal) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Ma patronne a payé l'addition et en plus, elle s'est fendu d'un bon pourboire. Mon frère s'est fendu d'un magnifique cadeau pour ma fille alors qu'il n'en a pas les moyens. My boss paid the bill and, on top of that, she shelled out for a tip. My brother shelled out for an amazing present for my daughter, when he couldn't afford it. |
lungeverbe pronominal (Escrime : se jeter en avant) (Fencing) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Les bretteurs tentent toujours de toucher l'adversaire en se fendant. The sword fighters always try to mark their opponents by lunging. |
rip through the airlocution verbale (aller, filer vite) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
melt the heart, melt your heartlocution verbale (procurer de la compassion) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
run like lightninglocution verbale (familier (aller très vite) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
break 's heart(figuré (attrister [qqn]) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
be freezing coldlocution verbale (geler très fort) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
split your sides laughing(très familier (rire) (figurative, informal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
split your sides laughing(familier (rire) (figurative, informal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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