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
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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
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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
Expect café noir and café au lait with madeleines and quiche, plus pain perdu with strawberry, lime and basil, and fregola sarda risotto with octopus, from a menu that changes frequently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Since the stove is electric, we can’t have pain perdu.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Perdu calls his bookshop, on a barge in the Seine, the Literary Apothecary, because he doesn’t just sell books to his customers, he prescribes them to suit the psychic ills he diagnoses in his clientele.
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
But from an early age, Piñera was an avid reader; among the books he considered essential reading were À la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust, and Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
Marcel Proust used the changing seasons to vividly evoke time and mood in A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2012
Perdu, Perdue, per-dū′, adj. lost to view: concealed: being on a forlorn hope or on a desperate enterprise: reckless.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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