disparaît

Disparaît is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb disparaître, which means to disappear. The verb is intransitive and is used to describe something or someone ceasing to be visible, present, or detectable, whether physically or figuratively.

Etymology and forms: disparaître comes from Old French desparoir, itself from Latin disparere, a combination of dis- (apart, away) and parere (to appear). The pronunciation [dis-paʁɛtʁ] follows standard French orthography. Common conjugations in the present tense are: je disparais, tu disparais, il disparaît, nous disparaissons, vous disparaissez, ils disparaissent. The past participle is disparu, used with être in compound tenses (il a disparu). Other tenses follow regular -re verb patterns.

Usage notes: disparaître describes a movement from visibility or presence to absence. It can refer to physical phenomena (la brume disparaît), people (il disparaît dans la foule), objects, memories, or abstract concepts (un doute qui disparaît). The term often conveys gradual or complete vanishing and can be used metaphorically as well as literally. In phrases with faire, the related expression faire disparaître means to cause something to disappear (e.g., faire disparaître une trace).

See also: disparition, the noun form referring to the act or instance of disappearing; disparu, the past participle used as an adjective or in compound tenses. Other related verbs include dissiper, effacer, and évaporer, depending on context.