déprendre
French, verb/de.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
déprendre is spelled D-É-P-R-E-N-D-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déprendre is a French verb meaning “to abandon (especially a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se détacher ; se séparer”.
What does déprendre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abandon (especially a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se détacher ; se séparer. 2. Se dégager de quelqu’un, de quelque chose.
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 déprendre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- déprenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dépris participle past
- déprends first-person indicative present
- déprend indicative present singular
- déprenons first-person indicative plural
- déprenez indicative plural present
- déprennent indicative plural present
- déprenais first-person imperfect indicative
- déprenait imperfect indicative singular
- déprenions first-person imperfect indicative
- dépreniez imperfect indicative plural
- déprenaient imperfect indicative plural
- déprit historic indicative past
- déprîmes first-person historic indicative
- déprîtes historic indicative past
- déprirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déprendre?
- /de.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
- \de.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déprendre in French?
déprendre appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).