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décoller

/de.kɔ.le/

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verb/de.kɔ.le/

to take off (i.e. a plane); to leave; unstick; to come undone, come unstuck

Demain on décolle à 9h, donc minuit pas plus.

Synonyms: partir

From dé- + coller.

verb/de.kɔ.le/

to behead, to decapitate

Synonyms: décapiter

Related: décollation

Learned borrowing from Latin dēcollāre, from collum (“neck”) (whence cou).