French word

unir

Pronunciation

IPA/yniʁ/

Meaning

  • verbbring together

Example

Cette expérience les unira.

This experience will bring them together.

Illustration for unir (bring together)

More examples

Les voisins se sont unis autour d'un projet de jardin partagé.

The neighbors united around a community garden project.

Core concept

Different people or ideas drawn into one durable whole with a shared direction.

Common phrases

  • s'unir autour d'un projet

    unite around a project

  • unir la famille

    unite the family

Similar words

joindre: To add people or things to a group or place so they are together.
rassembler: To gather scattered people or things into one place.
associer: To connect people or matters so they are related.
lier: To connect people or things by joining them together.

Definition in French

Mettre en union des personnes, des idées ou des éléments pour former une solidarité ou une unité durable.

Word origin

French unir developed from Latin unire, 'to make one', ultimately related to unus, 'one', and is cognate with English unite.

Usage tips

  • Unir is transitive, so the people or things being united normally follow it directly, as in unir deux groupes.

Other meanings

  • combineverb

Opposites

  • diviserdivideverb
  • désunirdisuniteverb

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