🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

disparaître

Pronunciation / Transliteration: disparaître

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vanish/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le soleil a disparu derrière les nuages."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To disappear suddenly and completely.

    "The magician made the rabbit vanish into thin air."
  2. 2

    To cease to exist or be present.

    "All his hopes of winning the championship began to vanish."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'vanisshen', which traces back via Old French 'vanir' from the Late Latin 'evanescere', meaning to pass away or disappear. The root ultimately stems from the Latin 'vanus', meaning empty or vain.

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