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désenterrer

French, verb/de.zɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe/

désenterrer is a French verb meaning “to disinter; to exhume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retirer de la terre, et, dans un sens restreint, de la sépulture”.

What does désenterrer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    rareto disinter; to exhume

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Retirer de la terre, et, dans un sens restreint, de la sépulture.

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 désenterrer

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • désenterrant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • désenterré participle past
  • désenterre first-person indicative present
  • désenterres indicative present second-person
  • désenterrons first-person indicative plural
  • désenterrez indicative plural present
  • désenterrent indicative plural present
  • désenterrais first-person imperfect indicative
  • désenterrait imperfect indicative singular
  • désenterrions first-person imperfect indicative
  • désenterriez imperfect indicative plural
  • désenterraient imperfect indicative plural
  • désenterrai first-person historic indicative
  • désenterras historic indicative past
  • désenterra historic indicative past
  • désenterrâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce désenterrer?

  • /de.zɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe/
  • /de.zɑ̃.te.ʁe/
  • \de.zɑ̃.te.ʁe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.