Question 1

What does the French word "devoir" mean?

Accepted Answer

To have to pay a sum of money, to render or give something of any kind.
To be obliged to do something by morals, by law, by one's condition, by honor, by propriety, etc.
To be in the necessity of. -
To be indebted to, to owe to.
It is also used to indicate that there is a kind of justice, reason, necessity, etc., that a thing should be.
To be inevitable.
Followed by an infinitive, it also plays a kind of auxiliary role and is used of what seems plausible, probable, more or less certain.
It is used of what one believes, or presumes, or supposes will happen.
In the imperfect subjunctive, and at the head of the sentence, it is used in the sense of even if.
It is also used to indicate the intention one has to do something.
It is especially used to indicate the moral obligation to give oneself, to devote oneself to one's family, to one's country, to one's friends.

Question 2

What is the etymology of thr French word "devoir"?

Accepted Answer

from Latin dēbēre, of the same meaning. 842, oaths of Strasbourg, dift, 'he must'; deveir in Old French, then devoir.

Question 3

What is the translation of "devoir" into italian?

Accepted Answer

dovere

Question 4

How to translate "devoir" into spanish?

Accepted Answer

haber de

Question 5

How do you say "devoir" in german?

Accepted Answer

müssen

Question 6

How do you say "devoir" in english?

Accepted Answer

should

Question 7

How do you say "devoir" in russian?

Accepted Answer

быть должным

devoir

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