perish
Signification (English)
- To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
- To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
- To die; to cease to live.
- (obsolete) To cause to perish.
Concepts
passer l’arme à gauche
calancher
s’éteindre
claboter
dévisser son billard
casser sa queue de billard
s’abîmer
payer sa dette à la nature
être ruiné
se détériorer
se perdre
être détruit
être terminé
s’effondrer
s’épuiser
se finir
Synonyms
be destroyed
be lost
breathe one’s last
cash in one’s chips
sniff it
be ruined
give-up the ghost
cease to exist
be killed
become extinct
go to meet ones maker
cease to be
be big
be dissipated
be extinct
become dust
be completely lost
be exhausted
be annihilated
be extinguished
be finished
depart from life
fall dead
go to rack and ruin
stop living
be dead
be seriously ill
be uprooted
Fréquence
Coupé comme
per‧ish
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in various conjugations), from Latin perīre (“pass away, perish”), from per (“through”) + īre (“pass, go”).
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