désarroi

French

Etymology

From Middle French désaroy (“disorder”), from Old French desroi, desrei (“disorder, confusion, tumult”), from des- + a base of Germanic origin. More at deray, array, ready.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.za.ʁwa/

Noun

désarroi m (usually uncountable, plural désarrois)

disarray (want of array or regular order)

Further reading

“désarroi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

dorerais, roderais, rôderais

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