défaner
French, verb/de.fa.ne/
défaner is spelled D-É-F-A-N-E-R (7 letters). Défaner is a French verb meaning “to kill the tops of plants such as potatoes before harvesting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détruire ou dévitaliser les fanes d'une culture avant sa récolte”.
What does défaner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kill the tops of plants such as potatoes before harvesting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Détruire ou dévitaliser les fanes d'une culture avant sa récolte.
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 défaner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- défanant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- défané participle past
- défane first-person indicative present
- défanes indicative present second-person
- défanons first-person indicative plural
- défanez indicative plural present
- défanent indicative plural present
- défanais first-person imperfect indicative
- défanait imperfect indicative singular
- défanions first-person imperfect indicative
- défaniez imperfect indicative plural
- défanaient imperfect indicative plural
- défanai first-person historic indicative
- défanas historic indicative past
- défana historic indicative past
- défanâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défaner?
- /de.fa.ne/
- \de.fa.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.