Grammatical class

Verb

déferler

(intransitive, of waves) to break

Details

Syllables

dé-fer-ler

Phonetics

de.fɛʁ.le

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

19418

Freq. (movies)

56572

Freq. (news)

25819

Sentences

La foule a commencé à déferler dans le centre commercial.

The crowd started to swarm the shopping center.

A1

Municipales 2020 : une vague verte historique déferle sur les grandes villes françaises [title]

Municipal elections 2020: a historic green wave is sweeping across major French cities

B2