Definitions
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- adjective impossible to find
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French synonyms for "introuvable": perdu (lost), disparu (vanished), envolé (vanished [into thin air]), caché (hidden)
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French synonyms for "introuvable": perdu (lost), disparu (vanished), envolé (vanished into thin air), caché (hidden)
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The Council of the Ancients had, however, already decided that a provisional executive commission should be appointed, composed of three members, and was about to name the members of the commission -- a measure which should have originated with the Five Hundred -- when Lucien came to acquaint Bonaparte that his chamber 'introuvable' was assembled.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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-- Library Journal introuvable (in-troo-vable) adjective which (or who) cannot be found, undiscoverable
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I said, upset at the realization that our star was introuvable.
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-Library Journal introuvable (in-troo-vable) adjective which (or who) cannot be found, undiscoverable
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I said, upset at the realization that our star was introuvable.
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La Revolution introuvable: Reflexions sur les evenements de
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
reesetee commented on the word introuvable
Immpossible to find; specifically in reference to books or printed ephemera. Also used as a noun.
August 28, 2007
the_word_is_what commented on the word introuvable
"Introuvable" showed up in this years Scripps' National Spelling Bee.
June 12, 2008
the_word_is_what commented on the word introuvable
"Introuvable" showed up in this years Scripps' National Spelling Bee.
June 12, 2008