🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Annuler

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.ny.le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cancel/ˈkæn.səl/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"J'ai dû annuler mon rendez-vous."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To annul or revoke something, such as an event or agreement.

    "I had to cancel my appointment due to a scheduling conflict."
  2. 2

    To eliminate or neutralize the effect of something.

    "The two forces will cancel each other out."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'cancel' originates from the Latin 'cancellare', meaning 'to make a lattice' or 'to cross out', which evolved in Middle English to denote the act of nullifying or invalidating something.

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