French Conversation · Level 60
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French word
disséminer
Pronunciation
IPA/disemine/
Meaning
- verbspread
Example
Nous devons disséminer cette information.
We must spread this information.
More examples
Les réseaux sociaux peuvent disséminer rapidement des rumeurs.
Social networks can quickly disseminate rumors.
Core concept
A handful of leaflets or ideas spread outward until they reach a wide audience.
Common phrases
disséminer des informations
disseminate information
disséminer des rumeurs
disseminate rumors
disséminer des idées
disseminate ideas
Similar words
diffuser: To transmit information or programs widely through broadcasting or other media.
répandre: To scatter and spread objects, feelings, or rumors over a wider area.
divulguer: To reveal secrets or information that has not yet been made public.
Definition in French
Faire circuler et disperser volontairement des éléments (rumeurs, idées, tracts) pour qu'ils atteignent un grand nombre de personnes.
Word origin
The verb developed from Latin disseminare, whose seed-sowing sense was extended to the deliberate spreading of things or ideas.
Usage tips
- Disséminer is more formal than répandre or faire circuler and is common in administrative, media, and academic writing.
Other meanings
- scatterverb
- distributeverb
Opposites
- concentrerconcentrateverb
- centralisercentralizeverb
Related words
- disséminationdisseminationnoun
- disséminédisseminatedadjective
- disséminateurdisseminatornoun