🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

se produire

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sə pʁo.dɪʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Occur/əˈkɜːr/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'événement va se produire à midi."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To happen or take place.

    "The meeting will occur at noon."
  2. 2

    To come into the mind; to be thought of.

    "It didn't occur to me that she might be late."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'occur' originates from the Latin 'occurrere', meaning 'to run to meet'. It evolved through Old French 'occurrer' before entering Middle English, where it retained the meaning of happening or taking place.

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