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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Émerger

Pronunciation / Transliteration: emair-zher

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emerge/ɪˈmɜːrdʒ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les montagnes commencent à émerger de la brume."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To come into view or become visible after being hidden.

    "As the sun rose, the mountains began to emerge from the mist."
  2. 2

    To become known or apparent.

    "New evidence began to emerge during the investigation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'emergere', composed of the prefix 'ex-' (meaning out) and 'mergere' (meaning to dip or plunge). It entered the English language in the mid-17th century, initially retaining its literal sense of rising out of a liquid, before expanding metaphorically to describe coming into view or becoming prominent.

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