dégager

From dé- +‎ gage +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /de.ɡa.ʒe/

• Audio:

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dégager

1. to free (someone or something)
2. (military) to relieve (a town, army, etc.)
3. to release (funds)
4. to clear (a table, area, nose etc.)
5. to give off, emit, radiate
6. to draw, bring out (a conclusion, idea etc.)
7. (sports, soccer) to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defend)
8. (intransitive, vulgar) to get out of here

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written dégage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

• libérer

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