Supprimer (en. Delete)

/sy.pʁi.meʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Make disappear, remove, take away.

Unnecessary files need to be deleted.

Il faut supprimer les fichiers inutiles.

Cross out, cancel a mention, a name, etc.

She asked to remove her name from the list.

Elle a demandé à supprimer son nom de la liste.

Put an end to something, prevent it from happening.

They are going to delete the bill.

Ils vont supprimer le projet de loi.

From the Latin 'suppressio', derived from 'suppremere' which means 'to bring down'.

delete an account

Cancel the existence of an account on a service.

supprimer un compte

delete a message

Erase a message from the conversation.

supprimer un message

uninstall an application

Uninstall an application from a device.

supprimer une application

deletion

Action of deleting.

suppression

deleted

That has been eliminated or removed.

supprimé

cancellation

Act of nullifying a decision or commitment.

annulation

To mess up

He messed up all his files by accidentally deleting them.

Il a bousillé tous ses fichiers en les supprimant accidentellement.

To clear out

This part of the hard drive needs to be cleared out.

Il faut dégager cette partie du disque dur.