Apedia

Detrui Eo Conj Trans Edwin Grobe Mark Twain Tri

The word "detrui" is an Esperanto verb meaning "to destroy" or "to ruin", originating from the French word "détruire".

La vorto "detrui" estas Esperanto-verbo signifanta "detrui" aŭ "ruini". Ĝi devenas de la franca vorto "détruire".

Frequency Rank of Word 1443
Word detrui
Meanings
    (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    destroy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/destroy

    1999, Trans. Edwin Grobe, Mark Twain: Tri Noveloj,

    [1]
    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17945

Pinyin null
Buttons
Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
détruire
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9truire#French
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /deˈtrui/
  • Hyphenation: de‧tru‧i
  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-detrui.wav
    )
  • Rhymes:
    -ui
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/ui

Verb

detrui (present

detruas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruas#Esperanto
, past
detruis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruis#Esperanto
, future
detruos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruos#Esperanto
, conditional
detruus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruus#Esperanto
, volitive
detruu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruu#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    destroy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/destroy
    • 1999, Trans. Edwin Grobe, Mark Twain: Tri Noveloj,
      [1]
      http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17945
      Vi metu monon en la manojn de tia viro nur se vi deziras lin detrui, tio estas fakto.
      You put money in the hands of that type of man only if you want to destroy him, that is a fact.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • amasdetrua armilo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amasdetrua_armilo#Esperanto
    (weapon of mass destruction)
  • detruenda
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/detruenda#Esperanto
    (which must be destroyed, adjective)

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Eo-conj murdi mw-parser-output th,.mw-parser-output terms null wikt pronunciation

Previous card: Estas ebla tio ke mi i ĉio kredas

Up to card list: 6000 Most Frequent Esperanto Words [w/ 60k+ example sents]