French word

déménager

Pronunciation

IPA/demenaʒe/

Meaning

  • verbmove

Example

Je déménage demain.

I am moving tomorrow.

Illustration for déménager (move)

More examples

Nous allons déménager à la fin du mois.

We are going to move at the end of the month.

Core concept

An entire household shifting its contents out of one dwelling and into another.

Common phrases

  • déménager demain

    move tomorrow

Similar words

emménager: To enter a new home and begin living there.
s'installer: To settle into a new environment and begin living there.
quitter: To leave a place or someone's company.
partir: To depart from one place and head elsewhere.

Definition in French

Changer de logement en transportant ses meubles et ses affaires.

Word origin

The Old French verb desmenagier combined des- for separation with mesnage for a household, giving modern French déménager.

Usage tips

  • In the present tense, déménager keeps the soft g sound before a and o by retaining e, as in nous déménageons.

Other meanings

  • relocateverb

Opposites

Related words

  • déménagementmovingnoun
  • déménageurmovernoun
  • déménagémovedadjective

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