dégriffer
French, verb/de.ɡʁi.fe/
dégriffer is spelled D-É-G-R-I-F-F-E-R (9 letters). Dégriffer is a French verb meaning “to scratch off (a mark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlever la griffe (d’un vêtement) pour le vendre moins cher”.
What does dégriffer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scratch off (a mark)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enlever la griffe (d’un vêtement) pour le vendre moins cher. 2. Procéder à l’onyxectomie (d’un animal domestique)
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 dégriffer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dégriffant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dégriffé participle past
- dégriffe first-person indicative present
- dégriffes indicative present second-person
- dégriffons first-person indicative plural
- dégriffez indicative plural present
- dégriffent indicative plural present
- dégriffais first-person imperfect indicative
- dégriffait imperfect indicative singular
- dégriffions first-person imperfect indicative
- dégriffiez imperfect indicative plural
- dégriffaient imperfect indicative plural
- dégriffai first-person historic indicative
- dégriffas historic indicative past
- dégriffa historic indicative past
- dégriffâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégriffer?
- /de.ɡʁi.fe/
- \de.ɡʁi.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dégriffer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.