dépenailler
French, verb/dep.na.je/
dépenailler is spelled D-É-P-E-N-A-I-L-L-E-R (11 letters). Dépenailler is a French verb meaning “to shred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en lambeaux, en haillons”.
What does dépenailler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shred
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en lambeaux, en haillons.
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 dépenailler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dépenaillant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dépenaillé participle past
- dépenaille first-person indicative present
- dépenailles indicative present second-person
- dépenaillons first-person indicative plural
- dépenaillez indicative plural present
- avoir dépenaillé infinitive past
- en dépenaillant gerund present
- en ayant dépenaillé gerund past
- je dépenaille indicative present
- tu dépenailles indicative present
- il/elle/on dépenaille indicative present
- nous dépenaillons indicative present
- vous dépenaillez indicative present
- ils/elles dépenaillent indicative present
- j’ai dépenaillé indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépenailler?
- /dep.na.je/
- /dep.nɑ.je/
- /dɛp.na.je/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.