s'effriter

s‿efʁite

effrité

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Definition of s'effriter - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

matièrese désagréger progressivement en petits morceaux ou en poussière

Le vieux mur s'effrite sous l'effet du temps.

se désagréger

figurése détériorer graduellement et perdre sa cohésion

Leur amitié s'effrite depuis plusieurs mois.

se déliter

se détériorer

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Origin of s'effriter

latin, ex (hors) + fricare (frotter)

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se lézarder

figuré

se détériorer progressivement, s'effriter par parties

Examples of s'effriter in a sentence

Le plâtre s’effrite dès qu’on le touche.
La confiance dans le groupe s'effrite peu à peu.
Leur motivation s'effritait face aux difficultés.

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English:crumble, erode, ...
German:zerbröckeln, verfallen, ...
Italian:sgretolarsi, logorarsi, ...
Spanish:desmoronarse, resquebrajarse, ...
Portuguese:esfarelar-se, esboroar-se, ...
Chinese:风化, 瓦解, ...
Japanese:崩れる, 崩壊する, ...
Arabic:تفتت, تآكل, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְפּוֹרֵר, לְהִתְעַרְעֵר, ...
Russian:крошиться, разрушаться, ...
Ukrainian:кришитися, руйнуватися, ...
Catalan:esberlar-se, esquerdar-se, ...
Danish:smuldre, gå i opløsning, ...
Dutch:uit elkaar vallen, verbrokkelen, ...
Greek:θρυμματίζομαι, διαβρώνομαι, ...
Hungarian:morzsolódni, fokozatosan megromlani, ...
Khmer:បែកខ្ទេច, បែកបាក់, ...
Korean:부서지다, 흐트러지다, ...
Polish:kruszyć się, ulegać erozji, ...
Portuguese (BR):desfazer-se, esfacelar-se, ...
Romanian:a se sfărâma, a se destrăma, ...
Swedish:smula sönder, försvagas, ...
Thai:ผุพัง, ค่อย ๆ สลายไป, ...
Turkish:ufalanmak, yıpranmak, ...
Vietnamese:bị mục nát, rạn nứt, ...

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