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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

Usage notes: disparaître describes a movement from visibility or presence to absence. It can refer to physical

See also: disparition, the noun form referring to the act or instance of disappearing; disparu, the past

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.
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).
participle
used
as
an
adjective
or
in
compound
tenses.
Other
related
verbs
include
dissiper,
effacer,
and
évaporer,
depending
on
context.