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perdre.

to lose (be unable to find)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɛʁdʁ/

  1. to lose (be unable to find)

    transitive
    J'ai perdu les clés, mais un de mes amis les a trouvées.

  2. to lose (not win)

    ambitransitive

  3. to get lost

    reflexive
    Ils se sont perdus dans la forêt dense.

  4. to waste, to make bad use of something

    transitive
    Je crois que la journée est trop belle pour qu'on la perde.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French perdre, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdere.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.