perplexe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perplexus, composed by per- + plexus, past participle of the verb plectere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.plɛks/
Audio (file) - Homophone: perplexes
- Hyphenation: per‧plexe
Adjective
perplexe (plural perplexes)
- puzzled, perplexed
Derived terms
- perplexité
Descendants
- → German: perplex
Further reading
- “perplexe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁˈplɛksə/
- Hyphenation: per‧ple‧xe
Audio (file)
Adjective
perplexe
- inflection of perplex:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Adjective
perplexe
- vocative masculine singular of perplexus
References
- “perplexe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perplexe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perplexe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- perplexe in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016