blese

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Translation

injured; wounded

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Word origin

Past participle of blesser ('to wound'), from Frankish blettjan ('to bruise, dent'). The word is part of the Germanic layer of French rather than the Latin one.

Origin
Frankish
Root
blettjan

Grammar

Feminineblessée
Masc pluralblessés
Fem pluralblessées

Examples

.

He was seriously injured in the accident.

.

She is wounded in the leg.

.

I felt hurt by his words.

boitant.

The injured player left the pitch limping.

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His wounded heart stopped him from coming back to her.

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The injured player had to leave the match.

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This word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 12: blessé, exemple, chat and 6 more words.