different between ambush vs perdu

English

Etymology

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, US, UK) IPA^(key): /?æm.b??/

Noun

ambush (plural ambushes)

1. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
2. An attack launched from a concealed position.
3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed)

1. (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

     By ambush'd men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betray'd.

2. (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Derived terms

• ambushable

Translations

Further reading

• ambush at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ambush in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• perdue

Etymology

Borrowed from French perdu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)dju?/

Adjective

perdu (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Hidden; lost to view.
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State

     He should lie Perdue who is to walk the round.

2. (obsolete) Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 7, [1]

     Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […]

3. (obsolete) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; reckless; hopeless.

   • a perdue captain

Noun

perdu (plural perdus)

1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, IV. vii. 35:

     To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?

Anagrams

• Dupre, Prude, drupe, duper, prude, pured, red up, red-up

Esperanto

Verb

perdu

1. imperative of perdi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.dy/
• Homophones: perdue, perdus, perdues

Verb

perdu m (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. past participle of perdre

Adjective

perdu (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)

1. lost

Derived terms

Further reading

• “perdu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• drupe, duper

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French perdu.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perdu (not comparable)

1. lost

Further reading

• “perdu” in Duden online