French word

dissuader

Pronunciation

IPA/disɥade/

Meaning

  • verbdissuade

Example

Je dissuade ma sœur de partir ce soir.

I dissuade my sister from going out tonight.

Illustration for dissuader (dissuade)

More examples

Ses amis l'ont dissuadé d'accepter le poste.

His friends dissuaded him from accepting the position.

Core concept

A brake on someone's planned action through reasons or warnings.

Common phrases

  • dissuader quelqu'un de

    dissuade someone from ___

Similar words

décourager: Reduce someone's willingness to act, causing them to abandon the plan.
empêcher: Prevent an event or action from occurring by making it impossible.
arrêter: Bring an ongoing action or movement to an end.
persuader: Win someone's agreement and persuade them to take an action.

Definition in French

Convaincre quelqu'un, par des arguments ou des avertissements, d'abandonner une intention ou un projet.

Word origin

French dissuader comes from Latin dissuadere, formed from dis- for separation or reversal and suadere meaning to advise or urge.

Usage tips

  • Dissuader takes a person as its direct object and the abandoned action with de, as in Je dissuade ma sœur de partir.

Other meanings

  • deterverb

Opposites

Related words

  • dissuasiondissuasionnoun
  • dissuasifdeterrentadjective

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