Scène où quelqu’un découvre enfin la source
A2 French listening practice · French · Curated for beginners
What does “déboucher” mean in French?
Boucher is to block or plug something; add dé- and you get déboucher, to unblock it. The same verb uncorks a bottle (déboucher une bouteille), clears a sink (déboucher l’évier) and frees a stopped-up pipe or spring. The related noun is un bouchon, a cork or stopper. One prefix, and plumbing and celebration end up living in the same word.
Paired with sur it turns spatial: la rue débouche sur la place (“the street opens onto the square”) and, figuratively, les négociations n’ont débouché sur rien (“the talks led nowhere”). The dé- undoing pattern is productive — faire / défaire, plier / déplier, brancher / débrancher. The payoff line here is j’ai trouvé la source, elle est débouchée: the spring is flowing again.
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