perdu
adjective
hidden; concealed; obscured.
perdu
1 American
[per-doo, -dyoo, per-]
/ pərˈdu, -ˈdju, pɛr- /
Or
perdue
adjective
noun
Perdu
2
American
[per -dy]
/ pɛrˈdü /
noun
perdu
1
British
/ ˈpɜːdjuː /
adjective
-
obsolete (of a soldier) placed on hazardous sentry duty
-
obsolete (of a soldier) placed in a hazardous ambush
-
(of a person or thing) hidden or concealed
noun
-
obsolete a soldier placed on hazardous sentry duty
-
obsolete a soldier placed in a hazardous ambush
Perdu
2
British
/ pɛrdy /
noun
Etymology
Origin of perdu
1585–95; < French: lost, past participle of perdre < Latin perdere to lose
Example Sentences
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Speaking of pain perdu, this is French toast.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2023
The custard-soaked fried bread is similar to pain perdu, or what we would call French toast.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
Aciman, a famous Proustian, is clearly interested in the diffusive action of time and the heartaches of temps perdu.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2019
There’s quite a range of breakfast styles, from arepas to pain perdu, pimento cheese to migas, Pop-Tarts to something called the Pylon: a Belgian waffle piled with hot dogs, chili, slaw, oyster crackers, etc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
Since the stove is electric, we can’t have pain perdu.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Arriving late in the evening after a day in bed working on his masterpiece Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, the reclusive and ailing Proust would dine in a private room.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2018
Naturally, by the time we get to the predictably lavender-scented hills of Provence, the two tag-along characters have fallen in love, while Perdu and Max have fallen into a father-son bromance.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2015
This type of associative memory was famously described by Marcel Proust in À la Recherche du Temps Perdu.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 1, 2014
Marcel Proust used the changing seasons to vividly evoke time and mood in A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2012
The wide eye noted everything, and considered it,—even to the hairy red fly alit on the fern frond, or the skirring progress of the black water-beetle across the pale surface of the Perdu.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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