Example: Je vais emprunter un livre à la bibliothèque demain.
Definition
"Emprunter" means to take something temporarily from someone else, usually with the intention of returning it later. For example, in the phrase "Je vais emprunter un livre à la bibliothèque demain," it means borrowing a book from the library for a certain period.
The word "emprunter" comes from the Old French 'emprunter', which itself derives from the Latin 'imprendere', meaning 'to take or seize'. Did you know that the root 'prendre' means 'to take', highlighting the action of taking something temporarily?
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"Emprunter" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (A2) - set 3", containing 116 commonly used words.
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