navré

See also: navre

French

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. past participle of navrer

Adjective

navré (feminine 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.)

Further reading

• “navré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.