different between perdu vs perdy

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

English

Interjection

perdy

1. Obsolete form of pardie.

Anagrams

• derpy, predy, pryde

Middle English

Interjection

perdy

1. Alternative form of parde