perdu

• perdue

Borrowed from French perdu.

perdu (not comparable)

1. Hidden; lost to view.
2. Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of William Shakespeare, King Lear to this entry?)

perdu (plural perdus)

1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, IV. vii. 35:

     To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?

• Dupre, Prude, drupe, duper, prude, pured, red up, red-up

perdu

1. imperative of perdi

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.dy/

perdu m (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. past participle of perdre

perdu (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. lost

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

• drupe, duper

Borrowed from French perdu.

• Audio

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perdu (not comparable)

1. lost

• perdu in Duden online