désempeser
French, verb/de.zɑ̃p.ze/
désempeser is spelled D-É-S-E-M-P-E-S-E-R (10 letters). Désempeser is a French verb meaning “to unstarch, to take out the starch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Débarrasser une étoffe de son empois, en la faisant tremper ou en l’imprégnant d’humidité”.
What does désempeser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unstarch, to take out the starch
- 2
to become unstarched
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Débarrasser une étoffe de son empois, en la faisant tremper ou en l’imprégnant d’humidité.
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 désempeser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- désempesant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- désempesé participle past
- désempèse first-person indicative present
- désempèses indicative present second-person
- désempesons first-person indicative plural
- désempesez indicative plural present
- désempèsent indicative plural present
- désempesais first-person imperfect indicative
- désempesait imperfect indicative singular
- désempesions first-person imperfect indicative
- désempesiez imperfect indicative plural
- désempesaient imperfect indicative plural
- désempesai first-person historic indicative
- désempesas historic indicative past
- désempesa historic indicative past
- désempesâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désempeser?
- /de.zɑ̃p.ze/
- \de.zɑ̃.pə.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.