Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Obsolete A soldier sent on an especially dangerous mission.
Wiktionary
- adj. Hidden.
- adj. Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).
- n. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
- n. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
GNU Webster's 1913
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
- From French sentinelle perdue, forward sentry : sentinelle, sentinel + perdu, past participle of perdre, to lose (from Latin perdere; see perdition). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“What a pleasant morning's work it would be to unearth this gem from its dark corner, where it has lain perdu so many years!”
“Of course Walter meant "perdu" -- lost -- but his French is awfully risqué.”
“M.] 133 A la terre perdue, tout fut perdu, is the vigorous expression of the Assise, (c.”
“If you enter by the railway from Paris, from Havre, from Dieppe or from Fécamp, it is by subterranean tunnels only that approach is possible, and up a flight of steps that you make your first acquaintance with a "coin perdu" of the town, a corner without character, without size, without the least promise of the beauty that is hidden further off.”
“Hearing, he said, that she was to be pursued, he took horse and galloped all night on the road toward Schloss Sonnenberg, whither, as it had been whispered to him, she was flying, in order to counsel her to lie 'perdu' for a short space, and subsequently to conduct her to the schloss of the amiable duchess.”
“Étude sur le deuil animalier: Si vous avez perdu votre animal de compagnie nous vous invitons à participer à une étude sur l'impact du deuil.”
“We caught a glimpse of the banana pain perdu early on at a neighboring table, which peaked our interest, and we weren't disappointed.”
The Huffington Post: Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: Blackbird and L2O in Chicago
“Même quand on l'a perdu, l'amour qu'on a connu vous laisse un goût de miel.”
“Merci beaucoup! comptoir gouttelette policier s'il vous plâit ... on a perdu deux chiens .... fourgonnette bon médaille”
“Here are some translations: comptoir - counter (or countertop) policier - police officer s'il vous plâit ... on a perdu deux chiens ....”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘perdu’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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the best words in french
it doesn't matter if you can speak french or not to add the word. you can add it for the way it sounds or what it means. it can only be one word. if you add it for what it means, comment on the lis...
pamplemousse, adieu, au revoir, visage, thé, louche, odalisque, perdu, absintheur, glibette, hibou, pommadeur and 9 more...
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Franco
fin-de-siècle, sang-froid, minatory, loup, son et lumière, bonhomie, l'heure bleue, frippery, pamplemousse, adieu, au revoir, visage and 22 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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merfee's Words
supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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King Lear
Some less-than-common words, significant themes, or excellent phrases from my favourite play.
moiety, brazed, champain, felicitate, interess, propinquity, betwixt, sith, forevouch, wat'rish, benison, ingraff and 111 more...
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Historical Military Terms of Interest
Many (if not all) of these terms were selected from A pocket dictionary, for military officers, containing a definition of all the tactical terms now in use, with other matter belonging to the art ...
zig-zags, yeoman, xerxes, xeiff, xenophon, worm, watch-word, windage, wheeling, wad-hock, wadding, volley and 242 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear "fr. to lie flat or close." Oct 9, 2008