dénantir
French, verb/de.nɑ̃.tiʁ/
dénantir is spelled D-É-N-A-N-T-I-R (8 letters). Dénantir is a French verb meaning “to deprive of security” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépouiller quelqu’un de ce dont il était nanti, des valeurs, des gages, des nantissements qu’il avait entre…”.
What does dénantir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deprive of security
- 2
"to give up (securities)"
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dépouiller quelqu’un de ce dont il était nanti, des valeurs, des gages, des nantissements qu’il avait entre les mains.
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 dénantir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dénantissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dénanti participle past
- dénantis first-person indicative present
- dénantit indicative present singular
- dénantissons first-person indicative plural
- dénantissez indicative plural present
- dénantissent indicative plural present
- dénantissais first-person imperfect indicative
- dénantissait imperfect indicative singular
- dénantissions first-person imperfect indicative
- dénantissiez imperfect indicative plural
- dénantissaient imperfect indicative plural
- dénantîmes first-person historic indicative
- dénantîtes historic indicative past
- dénantirent historic indicative past
- dénantirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dénantir?
- /de.nɑ̃.tiʁ/
- \de.nɑ̃.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.