Polyglot Dictionary

désespoir

/de.zɛs.pwaʁ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. despair

    • Le désespoir se lisait sur son visage.

      Despair could be read on his face.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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Portuguese

desespero

desespero is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "despair."

Practice

1 What does désespoir mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ se lisait sur son visage.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches désespoir?

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