à corps perdu

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a kɔʁ pɛʁ.dy/
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Adverb

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à corps perdu

  1. heart and soul, headlong, wholeheartedly
    se jeter à corps perdu dans quelque choseto throw oneself heart and soul in something

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French à corps perdu (impetuously, desperately, literally with lost body).

Adverb

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à corps perdu

  1. impetuously, desperately
    Synonym: membabi buta

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