paumé

See also: paume and paûmé

French

Participle

paumé (feminine paumée, masculine plural paumés, feminine plural paumées)

1. past participle of paumer

Adjective

paumé (feminine paumée, masculine plural paumés, feminine plural paumées)

1. (informal) lost

   Synonym: perdu

2. (informal) out of one's depth

   Synonym: perdu

3. (informal) godforsaken

   Synonym: perdu

   trou paumé ― jerkwater town

Noun

paumé m (plural paumés, feminine paumée)

1. (informal) lost soul
2. (informal, derogatory) sad sack, loser, social misfit

Further reading

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