navré

Meaning

Verb

past participle of navrer

Adj

1. sad; saddened
2. heartbroken
3. deeply or very sorry; distressed

Intj

sorry! (a heartfelt apology, usually for a death, loss, etc.)

navrer

1. (transitive) to cause great pain or affliction
2. (figuratively, transitive) to upset; dismay
3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) to wound

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Concepts

sorry

devastated

heartbroken

Synonyms

comblé

désolé

navre

attristé

excuse-moi

au coeur brisé

navré de douleur

excusez-moi

pardon

écoeuré

Translations

Verzeihung

أَنَا آسِف

entschuldigen Sie bitte

perdó

disculpes

beklommen

آسِفَة

Entschuldigung

ich bitte um Entschuldigung

untröstlich

verzeihen Sie bitte

آسِف

es tut mir Leid

sorry

أَنَا آسِفَة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/na.vʁe/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: nafugār

Cognate with Old High German: nabagēr

In summary

Past participle of navrer (“to upset, dismay”), from Middle French, from Old French navrer, nafrer (“to hurt by piercing or cutting”), from Old Norse nafra (“to pierce or bore with an auger”), from nafarr (“auger”), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz (“auger”, literally “nave-spear”). Cognate with Old English nafugār (“auger”), Old High German nabagēr (“auger”). More at auger.