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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieségaré
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.ɡa.ʁe/
"Les enfants se sont égarés dans la forêt."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Away from the correct path or direction; wandering.
"The hikers went astray in the dense fog."
- 1
Into error or morally questionable behavior.
"Bad company led the young man astray."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'astrayen', from Old French 'estraier', based on the Vulgar Latin 'extravagare' (to wander outside). It combines the Latin prefix 'ex-' (out of, beyond) and 'vagari' (to wander), shifting in meaning over centuries from physically straying from a path to morally or mentally losing one's way.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Astray" is said worldwide
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égaré
Transliteration: /e.ɡa.ʁe/
"Les enfants se sont égarés dans la forêt."
irrig
Transliteration: /ˈɪʁɪç/
"Er wurde durch falsche Ratschläge in die Irre geführt."
fuorviato
Transliteration: /fwoɾˈvja.to/
"Le sue idee sono state fuorviate da cattive compagnie."
extraviado
Transliteration: /eks.tɾaˈβja.ðo/
"El rebaño se extravió durante la tormenta."
desviado
Transliteration: /deʒ.viˈa.du/
"Ele foi desviado do seu objetivo principal."
भ्रष्ट
Transliteration: bhrasht
"बुरी संगति ने उसे भटका दिया।"
迷路
Transliteration: mílù
"我们在森林里迷路了。"
길을 잃은
Transliteration: gireul ireun
"우리는 안개 속에서 길을 잃었다."
迷った
Transliteration: mayotta
"私たちは霧の中で道に迷った。"
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