forlorn

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
2. Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

Noun

1. A forlorn hope.
2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Verb

past participle of forlese.

Concepts

abandonné

désespéré

misérable

abandonnée

délaissé

perdu

pauvre

triste

malheureux

découragé

inquiet

se sentir seul

sur quoi

vague

nullard

miserable

déserté

Coupé comme

for‧lorn

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fəˈlɔːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),
German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.