dénoncer

Inherited from Latin dēnūntiāre (“to announce, foretell”), via Old French denuncier or denuntier (“to denounce”).

• IPA^(key): /de.nɔ̃.se/

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dénoncer

1. (transitive) to denounce

   dénoncer la guerre ― to denounce war

   • 2006, Tinou Dutry-Soinne, Les méconnus de Londres : Journal de guerre d'une Belge, 1940–1945, page 79:

     Déjà, nous dénoncions publiquement les tendances pro-germaniques et pro-hitlériennes de Monsieur De Man.

     We have already publicly denounced Monsieur De Man's pro-German and pro-Hitler tendencies.

2. (transitive) to announce an end

   dénoncer la fin de l’armistice ― to call off the ceasefire

   (by ellipsis): dénoncer l’armistice ― to put an end to to armistice

3. (reflexive) to give oneself up (to surrender)

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

• dénonciation
• dénonçable
• indénonçable

• nonce

• “dénoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• déconner