discourir

diskuʁiʁ

discouraientdiscouraisdiscourait

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Definition of discourir - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

exposé

Dated

parler de manière développée sur un sujet précis

Dated

Le professeur discourait sur l'histoire de France.

développer

disserter

bavardage

Dated

parler longuement sans dire de choses importantes

Dated

Il discourait pendant des heures sans rien apporter de nouveau.

bavarder

palabrer

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discourir sur

parler longuement et de façon développée d'un sujet précis

Le professeur a discouru sur l'histoire pendant deux heures.

Origin of discourir

latin, discurrere (parler, courir çà et là)

Terms with discourir included in their meaning

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parler sans arrêt

bavardage

discourir de façon continue et prolongée sans faire de pause

parler sans fin

bavardage

discourir longuement sans s'arrêter

philosopher

discussion

discourir longuement sur divers sujets

philosophier

bavardage

discourir de façon abstraite sans but pratique

Examples of discourir in a sentence

Ils discouraient sur la politique pendant des heures.
Elle aime discourir sur la politique au café.
Ils se sont mis à discourir sans fin lors du dîner.

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English:expound, ramble, ...
German:ausführlich sprechen, herumreden, ...
Italian:discorrere, discorrere a vuoto, ...
Spanish:disertar, divagar, ...
Portuguese:discorrer, divagar, ...
Chinese:详细阐述, 喋喋不休, ...
Japanese:詳しく話す, だらだら話す, ...
Arabic:أسهب, ثرثر, ...
Hebrew:לְהַרְצִיא, לְקַשְׁקֵשׁ, ...
Russian:рассуждать, многословить, ...
Ukrainian:виголошувати промову, базікати, ...
Catalan:discurrir, divagar, ...
Danish:udbrede sig om, plapre, ...
Dutch:uiteenzetten, babbelen, ...
Greek:μιλώ εκτενώς, φλυαρώ, ...
Hungarian:értekezni, szónokolni, ...
Khmer:និយាយលម្អិតអំពី, និយាយរ៉ាយរ៉ាប់, ...
Korean:길게 설명하다, 장황하게 말하다, ...
Polish:przemawiać, ględzić, ...
Portuguese (BR):discorrer, falar demais, ...
Romanian:a discuta pe larg, a bate câmpii, ...
Swedish:orera, svamla, ...
Thai:พูดขยายความ, พูดเรื่อยเปื่อย, ...
Turkish:uzun uzun konuşmak, gevezelik etmek, ...
Vietnamese:diễn thuyết, nói lan man, ...

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