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expirer

Pronunciation: /ɛk.spi.ʁe/

“expirer” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to breathe out
  2. to draw one's last breath, to pass away
  3. to expire, to run out

In French

  1. Rendre le dernier soupir.
  2. Prendre fin, cesser d’être, en parlant de certaines choses physiques ou morales.
  3. Rendre l’air qu’on avait aspiré.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exspīrō (“to expire”).

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