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navré

navré

See also: navre

French

Verb

navré m ‎(feminine singular navrée, masculine plural navrés, feminine plural navrées)

  1. past participle of navrer

Adjective

navré m ‎(feminine singular navrée, masculine plural navrés, feminine plural navrées)

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

Interjection

navré

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

Etymology

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 *nabagairaz ‎(“auger", literally "nave-spear”). Cognate with Old English nafogār ‎(“auger”), Old High German nabagēr ‎(“auger”). More at auger.

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