Polyglot Dictionary

faire table rase

/fɛʁ tabl ʁɑz/

verb B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
fait table rase
past
a fait table rase
perfect
fait table rase

Meaning

  1. to make a clean slate

    • Ils décident de faire table rase du passé.

      They decide to make a clean slate of the past.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Practice

1 What does faire table rase mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils décident de faire ___ rase du passé.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches faire table rase?

verb

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