stupéfait
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin stupefactus with the latter part gallicised after fait.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stupéfait (feminine stupéfaite, masculine plural stupéfaits, feminine plural stupéfaites)
- astounded, astonished, dumbfounded
- J’étais stupéfait. ― I was astounded.
Participle
[edit]stupéfait (feminine stupéfaite, masculine plural stupéfaits, feminine plural stupéfaites)
- (proscribed) past participle of stupéfier
- Cela m’a stupéfait. ― That astounded me.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some dictionaries unnecessarily construe a defective verb *stupéfaire for this usage. In any case it is preferred to use the regular form stupéfié.
Further reading
[edit]- “stupéfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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