débander
French, verb/de.bɑ̃.de/
débander is spelled D-É-B-A-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débander is a French verb meaning “to unfasten a bandage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détendre”.
What does débander mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unfasten a bandage
- 2
to remove a blindfold
- 3
to loosen, relax (a bow)
- 4
vulgarto lose a hard-on, to lose a boner, to lose an erection, go soft
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Détendre. 2. Débarrasser d’une bande, d’un bandeau. 3. Voir son érection flancher. 4. Se disperser en quittant les rangs, soit pour piller, soit pour fuir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of débander
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- débandant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- débandé participle past
- débande first-person indicative present
- débandes indicative present second-person
- débandons first-person indicative plural
- débandez indicative plural present
- débandent indicative plural present
- débandais first-person imperfect indicative
- débandait imperfect indicative singular
- débandions first-person imperfect indicative
- débandiez imperfect indicative plural
- débandaient imperfect indicative plural
- débandai first-person historic indicative
- débandas historic indicative past
- débanda historic indicative past
- débandâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débander?
- /de.bɑ̃.de/
- \de.bɑ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is débander in French?
débander appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).